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Littorinoidea
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Littorinoidea are a superfamily of both sea snails and land snails which have a gill and an operculum, terrestrial and marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.[2]

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The terrestrial family within this group, the Pomatiidae, are sometimes called "land winkles"[3] because the group originated in the sea and the closely related family Littorinidae are known as "winkles".[4]

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Taxonomy

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These families and subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

(Extinct taxa are indicated by a dagger, †.)

Families brought into synonymy
  • Bembiciidae: synonym of Lacuninae
  • Cyclostomatidae: synonym of Pomatiidae
  • Ericiidae: synonym of Pomatiidae
  • Faxiidae: synonym of Sherborniinae
  • Lacunidae: synonym of Littorinidae
  • Melarhaphidae: synonym of Littorininae
  • Reynellonidae: synonym of Pickworthiinae
  • Risellidae: synonym of Lacuninae
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