Sorbeoconcha
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| Sorbeoconcha | |
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| Terebralia palustris, family Potamididae | |
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| Two views of a shell of Cerithium echinatum, family Cerithiidae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| clade: | Sorbeoconcha |
Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda.
The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997.
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[edit] Taxonomy
[edit] 1997 taxonomy
According to the older taxonomy by Ponder and Lindberg the suborders within the order Sorbeoconcha are:
- Discopoda P. Fischer, 1884
- Murchisoniina Cox & Knight, 1960
- Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Cerithiimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
[edit] 2005 taxonomy
In the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),[1] the clade Sorbeoconcha was declared a taxon of unspecified rank, within the clade Caenogastropoda.
It comprises the superfamily Cerithioidea, the superfamily Campaniloidea, the informal group Ptenoglossa and the clade Neogastropoda.
The following extinct families were not allocated to a superfamily:
- † Acanthonematidae Wenz, 1938
- † Canterburyellidae Bandel, Gründel & Maxwell, 2000
- † Prisciphoridae Bandel, Gründel & Maxwell, 2000
[edit] References
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. Issn = 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
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