Triphoroidea
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus in the Triphoridae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Suborder: | Ptenoglossa |
| Superfamily: | Triphoroidea J.E. Gray, 1847 |
Triphoroidea is a superfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:
- † Berendinellidae Guzhov, 2005
- Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Newtoniellidae Korobkov, 1955
- Triphoridae J.E. Gray, 1847
- Families brought into synonymy
- Eumetulidae synonym of Newtoniellidae
- Triforidae synonym of Triphoridae
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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