WoRMS taxon details
Vanikoroidea J. E. Gray, 1840
387336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387336)
accepted
Superfamily
Eulimacea · unaccepted (suffix -oidea mandatory for a...)
suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.
Eulimoidea R. A. Philippi, 1853 · unaccepted
- Family Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Vanikoridae J. E. Gray, 1840
- Family Aclididae G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Asterophilidae Thiele, 1925 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Enteroxenidae Schwanwitsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Entocolacidae Voigt, 1888 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Melanellidae Iredale, 1915 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Pelseneeriidae Schwanwitsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Pherusidae Locard, 1886 accepted as Aclididae G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 (type genus a junior homonym of Pherusa Oken, 1807, and several others)
- Family Roseniidae Nierstrasz, 1913 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Strombiformidae Iredale, 1915 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Stylinidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 (Invalid: type genus [Stylina Fleming, 1828] a junior homonym)
- Family Thycidae Thiele, 1929 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Family Turtoniidae Rosén, 1910 accepted as Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 (type genus [Turtonia Rosén, 1910] a junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Vanikoridae J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals. In: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, ed. 42, 2nd printing: 106-156. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55312547
page(s): 121, 152; note: as Vanicoroidae, based on Vanicoro Gray, 1840, an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro. [details]
page(s): 121, 152; note: as Vanicoroidae, based on Vanicoro Gray, 1840, an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vanikoroidea J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387336 on 2025-12-24
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(of Vanikoridae J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals. In: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, ed. 42, 2nd printing: 106-156. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55312547
page(s): 121, 152; note: as Vanicoroidae, based on Vanicoro Gray, 1840, an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 121, 152; note: as Vanicoroidae, based on Vanicoro Gray, 1840, an unjustified emendation of Vanikoro. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハナゴウナ上科 [from synonym] | [details] |
