Cingulopsoidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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The Cingulopsoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[2]
| Cingulopsoidea | |
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| Eatonina fulgida shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cingulopsoidea Fretter & Patil, 1958[1] |
| Families | |
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Families
The following three families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Family Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958
- Family Eatoniellidae Ponder, 1965
- Family Rastodentidae Ponder, 1966
- Synonyms
- Coriandriidae F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958
- Eatoninidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975: synonym of Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958
This taxonomy is based on the study by V. Fretter and A. M. Patil, published in 1958.[1]
