Lepetodriloidea
| Lepetodriloidea | |
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| Numerous individuals of the hydrothermal vent limpet limpet Lepetodrilus sp. partially cover the shells of Undescribed peltospiroid gastropods Peltospiroidea n. sp. on the East Scotia Ridge site E2 in the Scotia Sea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lepetodriloidea McLean, 1988 |
| Families | |
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Lepetodriloidea is a superfamily of small to large sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.[1]
Families
Families within the superfamily Lepetodriloidea include:
- Family Lepetodrilidae McLean, 1988
- Family Sutilizonidae McLean, 1989
- Families brought into synonymy
- Clypeosectidae McLean, 1989: synonym of Lepetodrilidae
- Gorgoleptidae: synonym of Lepetodrilidae
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
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