Vermetoidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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The Vermetoidea, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic superfamily of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.[1][2]
| Vermetoidea | |
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| Dendropoma maxima, Maldives | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vermetoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
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The shells of species in the family Vermetidae are extremely irregular, and do not resemble the average snail shell, hence the common name "worm shells" or "worm snails".
Families
- Sakarahellidae† Bandel, 2006
- Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815