Triphoroidea

Triphoroidea is a superfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.[1]

Triphoroidea
Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus in the Triphoridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
J.E. Gray, 1847

Taxonomy

Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:

Families brought into synonymy
  • Eumetulidae synonym of Newtoniellidae
  • Triforidae synonym of Triphoridae

References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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