Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda

Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

Cancellariidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851 taxonomically included in
Cystiscidae W. Stimpson, 1865 taxonomically included in
Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995 taxonomically included in
Marginellidae J. Fleming, 1828 taxonomically included in
Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 taxonomically included in
Cancellarioidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851 synonym

Children

Cancellariidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Cystiscidae W. Stimpson, 1865
Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995
Marginellidae J. Fleming, 1828
Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815

Literature

status source

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1055738

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-12-29 by Philippe Bouchet

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