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Cerithiimorpha
Former suborder of marine gastropods within the Sorbeoconcha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cerithiimorpha was a suborder of marine gastropods within the Sorbeoconcha.[1] This taxon is no longer valid according to the current taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.[2]
The previous classification system was as follows:
- subclassis = Orthogastropoda
- infraclassis = Apogastropoda
- superordo = Caenogastropoda
- ordo = Sorbeoconcha
- subordo = Cerithiimorpha
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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 were separated in a suborder named Discopoda.
- Campaniloidea
- Cerithioidea
- Batillariidae
- Brachytremidae
- †Canterburyellidae
- Cassiopidae
- Cerithiidae
- Dialidae
- Diastomidae
- Eoptychiidae
- Eustomidae
- Faxiidae
- Lavigeriidae
- Litiopidae
- †Maoraxidae
- Melanopsidae
- Modulidae
- Pachychilidae
- Pachymelaniidae
- Pareoridae
- Pianaridae
- Planaxidae
- Potamididae
- Procerithiidae
- Pseudamaurinidae
- Scaliolidae
- Siliquariidae
- Syrnolopsidae
- Tenagodidae
- Terebrellidae - not a valid name
- Thiaridae
- Turritellidae
- Turritellopsidae
- Spationematoidea
- Spanionematidae
- Stephanozygidae
(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)
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References
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