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Capuloidea 
AphiaID: 387335

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Superfamily
Parent Littorinimorpha
Source  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

Direct child
taxa		 Family Capulidae Fleming, 1822

Family Lippistidae Iredale, 1924 accepted as Capulidae Fleming, 1822
Family Trichotropidae Gray, 1850 accepted as Capulidae Fleming, 1822
Environment marine
Link To GenBank
Note  Classification: Segregation of Capulidae in its own superfamily follows Ponder (in Beesley et al. 1998). The echinospira larva of the Capulidae suggests they may form a monophyletic group with the Velutinoidea. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387335
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-03-27 17:40:10Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Capuloidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387335 on 2013-05-22
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