Turbinoidea

Superfamily of gastropods

Turbinoidea

Astraea heliotropium, a turbinid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Families
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Turbinoidea was a superfamily of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). But it is no longer used in the current taxonomy of gastropods sensu Williams et al. (2008).^[1]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Turbinoidea belongs to clade Vetigastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This superfamily consisted of the three following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Liotiidae Gray, 1850
Phasianellidae Swainson, 1840

2008 taxonomy

According to Williams et al. (2008)^[1] the following moves were made:

Turbinidae was moved to superfamily Trochoidea
Liotiidae was moved to superfamily Trochoidea
Phasianellidae was moved to newly created superfamily Phasianelloidea

References

^ ^a ^b Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x