Volutoidea

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Volutoidea
Temporal range: Cretaceous to Recent
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
Families

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Synonyms

Cancellarioidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851

Volutoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. [1]

Contents

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:

Synonyms

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References

  1. 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