Volutoidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of sea snails}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|name = Volutoidea
|fossil_range = Cretaceous to Recent
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|taxon = Volutoidea
|authority = Rafinesque, 1815
|subdivision_ranks = Families
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms_ref=
|synonyms= Cancellarioidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851
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Volutoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055738 on 2020-06-05
This superfamily includes the chank snails, the dove snails, the volutes, the margin snails and others.
Shell description
The shell of the snails in this superfamily vary greatly in shape and degree of ornamentation. The shells have an oval aperture, and a noticeable siphonal canal.
Families
Families within the superfamily Volutoidea are as follows:
- family Cancellariidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851
- family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865 -- 15 genera
- family Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995
- family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828 -- 30 genera
- family Marginellonidae Coan, 1965
- family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- 49 genera
;Synonyms:
- Paladmetidae Stephenson, 1941 † synonym of Admetinae Troschel, 1865
- Plesiocystiscidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995: synonym of Plesiocystiscinae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995
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Image:Persicula cingulata 01.JPG|Persicula cingulata, Cystiscidae
Image:Marginella glabella 01.JPG|Marginella glabella, Marginellidae
Image:Cymbiola nobilis 01.jpg|Cymbiola nobilis, Volutidae
References
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{{Reflist}}
- {{smallcaps|Ponder, WF & DR Lindberg}} 1997. Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 119(2): 83-265.
- {{smallcaps|Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E.}} (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.
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Category:Extant Cretaceous first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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