Campaniloidea Explained

The Campaniloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. The Campaniloidea are unassigned in the clade Caenogastropoda.^[1]

Taxonomy

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

• Family Campanilidae Douvillé, H., 1904
• Family Ampullinidae A. E. M. Cossmann, 1919
• Family Plesiotrochidae Houbrick, 1990
• † Family Trypanaxidae Gougerot & Le Renard, 1987

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

Families brought into synonymy:

• Ampullospiridae Cox, 1930 †: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
• Diozoptyxidae Pchelintsev, 1960 †: synonym of Campanilidae Douvillé, 1904
• Globulariidae Wenz, 1941: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
• Gymnocerithiidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987 †: synonym of Campanilidae Douvillé, 1904
• Gyrodidae Wenz, 1938 †: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
• Pseudamauridae Kowalke & Bandel, 1996 †: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .