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Eogastropoda

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Eogastropoda
Ordines: Docoglossa - Euomphalina - Neomphalida - Incertae sedis

Name

Eogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1996

Synonyms

* Prosobranchia H. Milne-Edwards, 1848

Eogastropoda was a previously used taxonomic category of snails or gastropods, a subclass which was erected by Ponder and Lindberg in 1997. It was one of two great divisions (subclasses) of the class Gastropoda, the snails. The other subclass of gastropods was the Orthogastropoda.

Eogastropoda were the more primitive of the two subclasses, representing a much older line of gastropods. This subclass contained all of the true limpets.
Orders

Orders within the Eogastropoda consisted of:

* Patellogastropoda
* Euomphalina (fossil)
* Neomphalida

Biology Encyclopedia

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