Cingulopsoidea

The Cingulopsoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.^[2]

Cingulopsoidea
Eatonina fulgida shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cingulopsoidea Fretter & Patil, 1958[1]
Families
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Families

The following three families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

• Family Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958
• Family Eatoniellidae Ponder, 1965
• Family Rastodentidae Ponder, 1966

Synonyms

• Coriandriidae F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958
• Eatoninidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975: synonym of Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958

This taxonomy is based on the study by V. Fretter and A. M. Patil, published in 1958.^[1]

References

1. Fretter V.; Patil A. M. (1958). "A revision of the systematic position of the prosobranch gastropod Cingulopsis (= Cingula) fulgida (J. Adams)". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 33 (3): 114–126.
2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).

External links

• Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4