Velutinoidea

Velutinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.^[1]

Velutinoidea
Beachworn shells of Trivia merces (family Triviidae), with sand grains trapped in the aperture
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Families
See text

Taxonomy

• Family Velutinidae Gray, 1840
  • Subfamily Velutininae Gray, 1840
  • Subfamily Lamellariinae d'Orbigny, 1841
• Family Triviidae Troschel, 1863
  • Subfamily Eratoinae Gill, 1871
  • Subfamily Triviinae Troschel, 1863

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]

References

1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
2. Ponder W. F. & Warén A. (1988). "Classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - A list of the family-group names and higher taxa". Malacological Review. suppl. 4: 288–328.
3. Schilder F. A. (1966). "The higher taxa of cowries and their allies". The Veliger. 9 (1): 31–35.