The Cerithiimorpha was a

suborder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropods within the

Sorbeoconcha Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda. The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997. Taxonomy 1997 taxo ...

. This taxon is no longer valid according to the current taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi. The previous classification system was as follows: * subclassis = Orthogastropoda * infraclassis = Apogastropoda * superordo =

Caenogastropoda Caenogastropoda is a taxonomic clade, a large diverse group which are mostly sea snails and other marine gastropod mollusks, but also includes some freshwater snails and some land snails. The clade is the most diverse and ecologically successfu ...

* ordo =

* subordo = Cerithiimorpha

Previous taxonomy

During the taxon's use, not all taxonomists agreed upon its structure. The listing below gives one interpretation. For example, in another accepted classification, the Campaniloidea and

Cerithioidea The Cerithioidea is a superfamily of marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod containing more than 200 genera. The Cerithoidea are included unassigned in the subclass Caenogastropoda. The original name of this superfamily was Cerithiacea, ...

were separated in a suborder named Discopoda. * Campaniloidea **

Campanilidae Campanilidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha (an alternative representation of the clade Caenogastropoda).Bouchet, P. (2013). Campanilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

** Plesiotrochidae *

** Batillariidae ** Brachytremidae ** † Canterburyellidae **

Cassiopidae †Cassiopidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superorder Cerithiimorpha The Cerithiimorpha was a suborder of marine gastropods within the Sorbeoconcha. This taxon is no longer valid according to the ...

** Cerithiidae ** Dialidae **

Diastomidae Diastomatidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Diastomatidae has no subfamilies. Genera Genera in the fam ...

** Eoptychiidae ** Eustomidae ** Faxiidae ** Lavigeriidae ** Litiopidae ** †

Maoraxidae Maoraxidae is an extinct family of snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all it ...

Melanopsidae Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater s ...

Modulidae Modulidae, common name modulids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Modulidae has no subfamilies. Genera ...

** Pachychilidae ** Pachymelaniidae ** Pareoridae ** Pianaridae ** Planaxidae ** Potamididae **

Procerithiidae Procerithiidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. ''Argyropeza'' is the only extant genus in the Procerithiidae. Taxonomy The following three subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy o ...

** Pseudamaurinidae ** Scaliolidae **

Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Taxonomy The following two subfamilies In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ...

** Syrnolopsidae ** Tenagodidae **

Terebrellidae Metacerithiidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85, ...

- not a valid name ** Thiaridae **

Turritellidae Turritellidae, common name the "tower shells" or "tower snails", is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. These snails are filter feeders. This method of feeding is s ...

** Turritellopsidae * Spationematoidea ** Spanionematidae ** Stephanozygidae (Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)

References

{{reflist Obsolete gastropod taxa Sorbeoconcha Marine gastropods