• Source: Volutoidea

Volutoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
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



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.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Volutoidea
• Neogastropoda
• Merica
• Volvarina vinosa
• Granulinella
• Fulgoraria baili
• Mirpurina
• Sveltia
• Canalilyria
• Admetula striatulata