Buccinoidea
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A shell of Penion cuvieranus cuvieranus | |
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Superfamily: | Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
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Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It was previously placed within the infraorder Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997).
Families
There are six families within Buccinoidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
References
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