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: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Volutoidea
Familiae (2): Cancellariidae – Volutidae
Name
Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Synonyms
Cancellarioidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851
References
Links
Volutoidea in the World Register of Marine Species
Volutoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.[1]
This superfamily includes the chank snails, the dove snails, the volutes, the margin snails and others.
Shell description
The shell of the snails in this superfamily vary greatly in shape and degree of ornamentation. The shells have an oval aperture, and a noticeable siphonal canal.
Families
Families within the superfamily Volutoidea are as follows:
family Cancellariidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851
family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865 -- 15 genera
family Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995
family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828 -- 30 genera
family Marginellonidae Coan, 1965
family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- 49 genera
Synonyms
Paladmetidae Stephenson, 1941 † synonym of Admetinae Troschel, 1865
Plesiocystiscidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995: synonym of Plesiocystiscinae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995
References
Wikispecies has information related to Volutoidea.
MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055738 on 2020-06-05
Ponder, WF & DR Lindberg 1997. Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 119(2): 83-265.
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.
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