Neritopsoidea Explained

Neritopsoidea is a taxonomic grouping, a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha, within the clade Neritimorpha, (according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), or in the order Neritoina within superorder Cycloneritimorpha within the subclass Neritimorpha, (according to Bandel, 2007).

Taxonomy

1997 taxonomy

Neritopsoidea was placed in the order Neritoida, the superorder Neritopsina and the subclass Orthogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Ponder & Lindberg, 1997.

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the following six families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

• family Neritopsidae
• † family Cortinellidae
• † family Delphinulopsidae
• † family Plagiothyridae
• † family Pseudorthonychiidae
• family Titiscaniidae

2007 taxonomy

Bandel (2007)^[1] described four new families in the Neritopsoidea:

Superfamily Neritopsoidea

• family Neritopsidae^[1]
• † Fedaiellidae Bandel, 2007^[1]
• † family Delphinulopsidae^[1]
• † family Cortinellidae^[1]
• † Palaeonaricidae Bandel, 2007^[1]
• † Naticopsidae - Bandel (2007) recognizes Natisopsinae (in Neritopsidae by Bouchet & Rocrois 2005) at family level.^[1]
• † Tricolnaticopsidae Bandel, 2007^[1]
• † Scalaneritinidae Bandel, 2007^[1]
• † family Plagiothyridae
• † family Pseudorthonychiidae
• family Titiscaniidae

Notes and References

1. Bandel K. (2007). "Description and classification of Late Triassic Neritimorpha (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from the St Cassian Formation, Italian Alps". Bulletin of Geosciences 82(3): 215-274. .