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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Lepetellida
Superfamilia: Scissurelloidea
Familiae (4): AnatomidaeDepressizonidaeLarocheidaeScissurellidae
Name

Scissurelloidea Gray, 1847
References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397. BHL Reference page.

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Scissurelloidea in the World Register of Marine Species

Scissurelloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subclass Vetigastropoda.[1][2]
Taxonomy

This superfamily consists of two following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Family Scissurellidae Gray, 1847
Family Anatomidae McLean, 1989

Geiger (2009)[3] updated two other subfamilies to family level:

Superfamily Scissurelloidea:

Family Anatomidae
Family Depressizonidae
Family Larocheidae
Family Scissurellidae

References

Scissurelloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.

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