Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea

Litiopidae Gray, 1847

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alaba H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Gibborissoia Sacco, 1895
Litiopa Rang, 1829

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウキツボ科

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
additional source	Luque, A. A.; Templado, J.; Burnay, L. P. H.;. (1988). On the systematic position of the genera Litiopa Rang, 1829 and Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1853. Malacological Review suppl. 4: 180-193.
status source	Houbrick, R. S. (1987). Anatomy of Alaba and Litiopa (Prosobranchia: Litiopidae): systematic implications. The Nautilus. 101(1): 9–18, figs. 1-14.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Litiopidae Gray, 1847. 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:23065