Velutinoidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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Velutinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.[1]
| Velutinoidea | |
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| Beachworn shells of Trivia merces (family Triviidae), with sand grains trapped in the aperture | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea J. E. Gray, 1840 |
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Taxonomy
- Family Velutinidae Gray, 1840
- Subfamily Velutininae Gray, 1840
- Subfamily Lamellariinae d'Orbigny, 1841
- Subfamily Marseniopsinae Fassio, Bouchet, Schiaparelli & Oliverio, 2022, sister to all other Velutinidae
- Subfamily Hainotinae Fassio, Bouchet, Schiaparelli & Oliverio, 2022, sister to the clade formed by Velutininae and Lamellariinae
This classification follows the study by Ponder & Warén, published in 1988.[2] However, there were some adaptations for the family Triviidae, based on the study by Schilder, published in 1966.[3]