MolluscaBase taxon details
Pleurotomarioidea Swainson, 1840
196324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196324)
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Superfamily
Pleurotomariacea Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (suffix -oidea mandatory for a...)
suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.
- Family Catantostomatidae Wenz, 1938 †
- Family Kittlidiscidae L. R. Cox, 1960 †
- Family Phymatopleuridae Batten, 1956 †
- Family Pleurotomariidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Polytremariidae Wenz, 1938 †
- Family Portlockiellidae Batten, 1956 †
- Family Rhaphischismatidae Knight, 1956 †
- Family Zygitidae L. R. Cox, 1960 †
- Family Pseudowortheniellidae Bandel, 2009 † accepted as Schizogoniidae L. R. Cox, 1960 †
- Family Pleurotomarioidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomarioidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196324 on 2026-07-06
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Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors 
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