Epitonioidea Explained

Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.^[1] This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.

Taxonomy

Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:

• Family Epitoniidae S.S. Berry, 1910, the wentletraps
• Family Janthinidae Lamarck, 1822, the purple snails
• Family Nystiellidae Clench & Turner, 1952

Notes and References

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