Campaniloidea

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Campaniloidea
Campanile giganteum.jpg
Fossil shell of Campanile giganteum
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Campaniloidea

Douvillé, 1904 [1]
Families
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The Campaniloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. The Campaniloidea are unassigned in the clade Caenogastropoda. [2]

Taxonomy

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

(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)

Families brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Douvillé J. H. F. (1904). Mission Scientifique en Perse par J. de Morgan3(4): 311, 379
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).