Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails (marine species), but also including some freshwater snails (aquatic species) and land snails (terrestrial species).
Previously, the Linnaean taxonomy used in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Ponder & Lindberg (1997) ranked like this: subclass Orthogastropoda, superorder Caenogastropoda, order Sorbeoconcha, suborder Hypsogastropoda, infraorder Littorinimorpha.
The order Littorinimorpha contains many gastropoda families that were formerly placed in the order Mesogastropoda, as introduced by J. Thiele in his work from 1921. Evidence for this group being monophyletic is scanty. In 2003, E. E. Strong suggested using only Neogastropoda as a clade within the clade Hypsogastropoda, and to include the unresolved superfamilies of the Hypsogastropoda within the Littorinimorpha.
Superfamilies and families
The superfamilies grouped in this clade include a few families that are well-known based on their shells:
- Calyptraeoidea Lamarck, 1809
- Capuloidea Fleming, 1822
- Capulidae Fleming, 1822, the cap shells (junior synonym Trichotropidae)
- Cingulopsoidea Fretter & Patil, 1958
- Cypraeoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Ficoidea Meek, 1864, the fig shells
- Littorinoidea Children, 1834
- Aciculidae Gray, 1850
- Littorinidae, Children, 1834 the periwinkles
- † Bohaispiridae Youluo, 1978
- Pickworthiidae Iredale, 1917
- Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917
- Subfamily Pelycidiinae Ponder & Hall, 1983
- Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917
- Pomatiidae Newton, 1891 (1828)
- Subfamily Pomatiinae Newton, 1891
- Subfamily Annulariinae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920
- † Purpurinidae Zittel, 1895
- Skeneopsidae Iredale, 1915
- † Tripartellidae Gründel, 2001
- Zerotulidae Warén & Hain, 1996
- Naticoidea Guilding, 1834
- Pterotracheoidea Rafinesque, 1814 - synonym: Heteropoda.
- Rissooidea Gray, 1847
- Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Aporrhaidae Gray, 1850, the pelican's foot shells
- Subfamily Aporrhainae Gray, 1850
- Subfamily Arrhoginae Popenoe, 1983
- † Subfamily Harpagodinae Pchelintsev, 1963
- † Subfamily Perissopterinae Korotkov, 1992
- † Subfamily Spinigerinae Korotkov, 1992 (inv.)
- † Colombellinidae P. Fischer, 1884
- † Pugnellidae Kiel & Bandel, 1999
- Seraphsidae Gray, 1853
- Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815, the true conchs
- Struthiolariidae Gabb, 1868. the ostrich foot shells
- † Thersiteidae Savornin, 1915
- † Tylostomatidae Stoliczka, 1868
- Tonnoidea Suter, 1913 (1825)
- Bursidae Thiele, 1925, the frog shells
- Cassidae Latreille, 1825, the helmet shells or bonnet shells
- Laubierinidae Warén & Bouchet, 1990
- Personidae Gray, 1854
- Pisanianuridae Warén & Bouchet, 1990
- Ranellidae Gray, 1854, the tritons
- Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825), the tun shells
- Truncatelloidea
- Amnicolidae Tryon, 1863
- Subfamily Amnicolinae Tryon, 1863
- Subfamily Baicaliinae P. Fischer, 1885
- Subfamily Emmericiinae Brusina, 1870
- Anabathridae Keen, 1971
- Assimineidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
- Bithyniidae Gray, 1857
- Bythinellidae Locard, 1893
- Caecidae Gray, 1850
- Calopiidae Ponder, 1999
- Clenchiellidae D. W. Taylor, 1966
- Cochliopidae Tryon, 1866
- Subfamily Cocliopinae Tryon, 1866
- Subfamily Littoridininae Thiele, 1928
- Subfamily Semisalsinae Giusti & Pezzoli, 1980
- Elachisinidae Ponder, 1985
- Emmericiidae Brusina, 1870
- Epigridae Ponder, 1985
- Falsicingulidae Slavoshevskaya
- Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865
- Hydrococcidae Thiele, 1928
- Iravadiidae Thiele, 1928
- Lithoglyphidae Tryon, 1866
- Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863
- Pomatiopsidae Stimpson, 1865
- Subfamily Pomatiopsinae Stimpson, 1865
- Subfamily Triculinae Annandale, 1924
- Stenothyridae Tryon, 1866
- Tateidae Thiele, 1925
- Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)
- Truncatellidae Gray, 1840
- Subfamily Truncatellinae Gray, 1840
- Subfamily Geomelaniinae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
- Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840
- Velutinoidea Gray, 1840
- Vermetoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Xenophoroidea Troschel, 1852 (1840)
(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)
- Families brought into synonymy
- Adeorbidae Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)
- Paludestrinidae Newton, 1891 accepted as Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865
- Pyrgulidae Brusina, 1882 (1869) accepted as Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865
- Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897 accepted as Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)
References
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