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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Vanikoroidea
Familiae (4): Eulimidae – Haloceratidae – Hipponicidae – Vanikoridae
Name

Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840
Synonyms

Eulimacea
Eulimoidea Philippi, 1853
Hipponicoidea Troschel, 1861 (junior synonym)

References
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Vanikoroidea in the World Register of Marine Species

Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[2] The superfamily Eulimoidea is a synonym of Vanikoroidea.[3]
Families

Families within the superfamily Vanikoroidea include:[1]

Family Eulimidae Philippi, 1853
Family Haloceratidae Warén & Bouchet, 1991
Family Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861
Family Vanikoridae Gray, 1840

References

Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
Takano, T.; Kano, Y. (2014). Molecular phylogenetic investigations of the relationships of the echinoderm-parasite family Eulimidae within Hypsogastropoda (Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 258-269.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 January 2019.

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