Sorbeoconcha
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Sorbeoconcha is a very large taxonomic clade of snails, (mostly sea snails with gills and often with an operculum). These are primarily marine (and a few freshwater) gastropod mollusks within the clade Caenogastropoda.
The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Ponder & Lindberg in 1997
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[edit] Subdivisions of the clade
[edit] Bouchet & Rocroi
In the nomenclator of the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (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 Webz., 1938
- † Canterburyellidae Bandel, Gründel & Maxwell, 2000
- † Prisciphoridae Bandel, Gründel & Maxwell, 2000
[edit] Ponder & Lindberg
According to the older taxonomy by Ponder and Lindberg, the suborders within the order Sorbeoconcha were as follows:
- Discopoda P. Fischer, 1884
- Murchisoniina Cox & Knight, 1960
- Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Cerithiimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
[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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