- Neritoidea
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Neritoidea Two different views of shells of the freshwater nerite Theodoxus danubialis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Rafinesque, 1815Families See text
Neritoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of mostly sea snails, nerites and their allies, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Previously this superfamily was in the order Neritoida in the superorder Neritopsina.
Families
Families within the superfamily Neritoidea are as follows (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Neritidae, the nerites, freshwater and marine species
- Phenacolepadidae, false limpets
- † Pileolidae
References
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