Scissurelloidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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Scissurelloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subclass Vetigastropoda.[1][2]
| Scissurelloidea | |
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| Shell of Scissurella costata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea Gray, 1847 |
Taxonomy
This superfamily consists of two following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Family Scissurellidae Gray, 1847
- Family Anatomidae McLean, 1989
Geiger (2009)[3] updated two other subfamilies to family level:
Superfamily Scissurelloidea:
- Family Anatomidae
- Family Depressizonidae
- Family Larocheidae
- Family Scissurellidae
