Turbinoidea was a
superfamily of small to large
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the clade
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order, although they are treated as an unranked clade in Bouch ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). But it is no longer used in the current taxonomy of gastropods sensu Williams et al. (2008).
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
Turbinoidea belongs to clade
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order, although they are treated as an unranked clade in Bouch ...
according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This superfamily consisted of the three following families (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
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Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
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Liotiidae Gray, 1850
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Phasianellidae Swainson, 1840
2008 taxonomy
According to Williams et al. (2008)
[Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". '' Zoologica Scripta'' 37(5): 483-506. ] the following moves were made:
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Turbinidae was moved to superfamily
Trochoidea
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Liotiidae was moved to superfamily Trochoidea
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Phasianellidae was moved to newly created superfamily
Phasianelloidea
References
External links
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Vetigastropoda
Obsolete gastropod taxa
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque