Neritopsoidea is a
taxonomic grouping, a
superfamily of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the clade
Cycloneritimorpha
Cycloneritida (nerites and false-limpets) is an order of land snails, freshwater snails, and sea snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cycloneritida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aph ...
, within the clade
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a taxonomic grouping, an unranked major clade of snails, gastropod mollusks. This grouping includes land snails, sea snails, slugs, some deepwater limpets, and also freshwater snails. Neritimorpha contains around 2,000 extant sp ...
, (according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005),
or in the order
Neritoina within superorder
Cycloneritimorpha
Cycloneritida (nerites and false-limpets) is an order of land snails, freshwater snails, and sea snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cycloneritida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aph ...
within the subclass
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a taxonomic grouping, an unranked major clade of snails, gastropod mollusks. This grouping includes land snails, sea snails, slugs, some deepwater limpets, and also freshwater snails. Neritimorpha contains around 2,000 extant sp ...
, (according to Bandel, 2007).
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Taxonomy
1997 taxonomy
Neritopsoidea was placed in the order Neritoida
Neritoida was a taxonomic order of sea snails, freshwater snails and land snails, gastropod molluscs. This order was placed within the superorder Neritopsina within the order Orthogastropoda. Now see Neritoidea.
Superfamilies
Superfamilies wit ...
, the superorder Neritopsina and the subclass Orthogastropoda
Orthogastropoda was a major taxonomic grouping of snails and slugs, an extremely large subclass within the huge class Gastropoda according to the older taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997).
This taxon is no longer used according ...
according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Ponder & Lindberg, 1997.
2005 taxonomy
This family consists of the following six families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
* family Neritopsidae
Neritopsidae is a family of small sea snails and freshwater snails in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The great majority of species within this family are only known as fossil ...
* † family Cortinellidae
''Cortinellidae'' is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gast ...
* † family Delphinulopsidae
''Delphinulopsidae'' is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine, gastropod mollusks.
Taxonomy
According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Delphinulopsidae has no subfamilies.
2007 taxono ...
* † family Plagiothyridae
''Plagiothyridae'' is an extinct Family (biology), family of fossil sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Neritopsoidea.
Genera
Genera in the family Plagiothyridae include* ''Dirachis''
* ''Grabinopsis''
* ''Li ...
* † family Pseudorthonychiidae
Pseudorthonychiidae is an extinct, monogeneric (contains only one genus) family of fossil snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha
Cycloneritida (nerites and false-limpets) is an order of land snails, freshwater snails, a ...
* family Titiscaniidae
''Titiscania'' is a genus of slug-like sea snails, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Neritopsoidea.Bouchet, P. (2015). Titiscania. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
2007 taxonomy
Bandel (2007)[Bandel K. (2007). "Description and classification of Late Triassic Neritimorpha (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from the St Cassian Formation, Italian Alps". '']Bulletin of Geosciences
The ''Bulletin of Geosciences'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research papers, review articles, and short contributions. It covers all aspects of palaeoenvironmental geology, including palaeontology, stratigraphy, sedime ...
'' 82(3): 215-274. . described four new families in the Neritopsoidea:
Superfamily Neritopsoidea
* family Neritopsidae
Neritopsidae is a family of small sea snails and freshwater snails in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The great majority of species within this family are only known as fossil ...
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* † ]Fedaiellidae
Fedaiellidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neritimorpha.
Distribution
Fossils of the genus '' Fedaiella'' are found in the marine strata of the Quaternary of Japan, the Paleocene of Pola ...
Bandel, 2007[
* † family ]Delphinulopsidae
''Delphinulopsidae'' is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine, gastropod mollusks.
Taxonomy
According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Delphinulopsidae has no subfamilies.
2007 taxono ...
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* † family ]Cortinellidae
''Cortinellidae'' is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gast ...
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* † Palaeonaricidae Bandel, 2007][
* † Naticopsidae - Bandel (2007) recognizes Natisopsinae (in Neritopsidae by Bouchet & Rocrois 2005) at family level.][
* † Tricolnaticopsidae Bandel, 2007][
* † Scalaneritinidae Bandel, 2007][
* † family ]Plagiothyridae
''Plagiothyridae'' is an extinct Family (biology), family of fossil sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Neritopsoidea.
Genera
Genera in the family Plagiothyridae include* ''Dirachis''
* ''Grabinopsis''
* ''Li ...
* † family Pseudorthonychiidae
Pseudorthonychiidae is an extinct, monogeneric (contains only one genus) family of fossil snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha
Cycloneritida (nerites and false-limpets) is an order of land snails, freshwater snails, a ...
* family Titiscaniidae
''Titiscania'' is a genus of slug-like sea snails, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Neritopsoidea.Bouchet, P. (2015). Titiscania. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
References
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Marine gastropods
Gastropod superfamilies
Taxa named by John Edward Gray