Haliotoidea

Haliotoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subclass Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[1][2]

Haliotoidea
The shell of a red abalone (family Haliotidae). The coin is a quarter, approx 24 mm across.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Haliotoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Families
Family Haliotidae † Family Temnotropidae

Families

The superfamily Haliotoidea contains (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) two families:

• The recent family Haliotidae, also known as abalones
• The extinct family Temnotropidae.