- Littorinimorpha
Taxobox
name = Littorinimorpha
image_caption = Various cowries, familyCypraeidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Caenogastropoda
ordo =Sorbeoconcha
subordo =Hypsogastropoda
infraordo =Littorinimorpha
infraordo_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies
subdivision = See text."Littorinimorpha" is a large
taxonomic grouping, aninfraorder which consists primarily of seasnail families but also includes some freshwater snails and some land snails. These are marine, aquatic, and terrestrialgastropod mollusk s in the order Sorbeoconcha and the subclass Orthogastropoda.uperfamilies and families
The superfamilies grouped in this infraorder include some familiar animals:
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Calyptraeoidea Lamarck , 1809
**Calyptraeidae Lamarck , 1809, the slipper shells
*Capuloidea Fleming, 1822
**Capulidae Fleming, 1822, the cap shells (synonym Trichotropidae)
*Cingulopsoidea Fretter & Patil, 1958
**Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958
**Eatoniellidae Ponder, 1965
**Rastodentidae Ponder, 1966
*Cypraeoidea Rafinesque , 1815
**Cypraeidae Rafinesque , 1815, the cowries
**Ovulidae Fleming, 1822
*Ficoidea Meek, 1864
**Ficidae Meek, 1864, the fig shells
*Littorinoidea Children, 1834
**Aciculidae Gray, 1850
**Littorinidae , Children, 1834 the periwinkles
** †Bohaispiridae Youluo, 1978
**Pickworthiidae Iredale, 1917
*** SubfamilyPickworthiinae Iredale, 1917
*** SubfamilyPelycidiinae Ponder & Hall, 1983
*** SubfamilySherborniinae Iredale, 1917
**Pomatiasidae Newton, 1891 (1828)
*** SubfamilyPomatiinae Newton, 1891
*** SubfamilyAnnulariinae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920
** †Purpurinidae Zittel, 1895
**Skeneopsidae Iredale, 1915
** †Tripartellidae Gründel, 2001
**Zerotulidae Warén & Hain, 1996
*Naticoidea Guilding, 1834
**Ampullinidae
**Naticidae Guilding, 1834, the moon snails
*Pterotracheoidea Rafinesque , 1814 (synonym : Heteropoda)
**Pterotracheidae Rafinesque , 1814
**Atlantidae Rang, 1829
** †Bellerophinidae Destombes, 1984
**Carinariidae Blainville , 1818
*Rissooidea Gray, 1847
**Adeorbidae
**Amnicolidae Tryon, 1863
*** SubfamilyAmnicolinae Tryon, 1863
*** SubfamilyBaicaliinae P. Fischer, 1885
*** SubfamilyEmmericiinae Brusina, 1870
**Anabathridae Keen, 1971
**Assimineidae H.Adams & A.Adams, 1856
**Barleeidae Gray, 1857
**Bithyniidae Gray, 1857
**Caecidae Gray, 1850
**Calopiidae Ponder, 1999
**Cochliopidae Tryon, 1866
*** SubfamilyCocliopinae Tryon, 1866
*** SubfamilyLittoridininae Thiele, 1928
*** SubfamilySemisalsinae Giusti & Pezzoli, 1980
**Elachisinidae Ponder, 1985
**Emblandidae Ponder, 1985
**Epigridae Ponder, 1985
**Falsicingulidae Slavoshevskaya
**Helicostoidae Pruvot-Fol, 1937
**Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865
**Hydrococcidae Thiele, 1928
**Iravadiidae Thiele, 1928
**Lithoglyphidae Tryon, 1866
** †Mesocochliopidae Yu, 1987
**Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863
** †Palaeorissoinidae Gründel & Kowalke, 2002
*** SubfamilyPalaeorissoininae Gründel & Kowalke, 2002
*** SubfamilyGreveniellinae Gründel & Kowalke, 2002
**Pomatiopsidae Stimpson, 1865
*** SubfamilyPomatiopsinae Stimpson, 1865
**** "Oncomelania "
*** SubfamilyTriculinae Annandale, 1924
**Rissoidae Gray, 1847
**Stenothyridae Tryon, 1866
**Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)
**Truncatellidae Gray, 1840
*** SubfamilyTruncatellinae Gray, 1840
*** SubfamilyGeomelaniinae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
*Stromboidea Rafinesque , 1815
**Aporrhaidae Gray, 1850, the pelican's foot shells
*** SubfamilyAporrhainae Gray, 1850
*** SubfamilyArrhoginae Popenoe, 1983
*** †SubfamilyHarpagodinae Pchelintsev, 1963
*** †SubfamilyPerissopterinae Korotkov, 1992
*** †SubfamilySpinigerinae Korotkov, 1992 (inv.)
** †Colombellinidae P. Fischer, 1884
** †Pugnellidae Kiel & Bandel, 1999
**Seraphsidae gray, 1853
**Strombidae Rafinesque , 1815, the "trueconch s"
**Struthiolariidae Gabb, 1868
** †Thersiteidae Savornin, 1915
**Tylostomatidae Stoliczka, 1868
*Tonnoidea Suter, 1913 (1825)
**Bursidae Thiele, 1925, the frog shells
**Laubierinidae Warén & Bouchet, 1990
**Personidae Gray, 1854
**Pisanianuridae Warén & Bouchet, 1990
**Ranellidae Gray, 1854, the tritons
**Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825), the tun shells
*Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840
**Haloceratidae Warén & Bouchet, 1991
**Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861, the hoof shells
** †Omalaxidae Cosmmann, 1916
**Vanikoridae Gray, 1840
*Velutinoidea Gray, 1840
**Pediculariidae
**Triviidae Troschel, 1863
**Velutinidae Gray, 1840
*** SubfamilyVelutininae Gray, 1840
*** SubfamilyLamellariinae d'Orbigny , 1841
*Vermetoidea Rafinesque , 1815
**Vermetidae Rafinesque , 1815, the worm snails
*Xenophoroidea Troschel, 1852 (1840)
**Guttulidae
** †Lamelliphoridae Korobkov, 1960
**Xenophoridae Troschel, 1852 (1840), the carrier shellsReferences
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