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* [[Neomphalidae]] <small>McLean, 1981</small>
* [[Neomphalidae]] <small>McLean, 1981</small>
* [[Peltospiridae]] <small>McLean, 1989</small>
* [[Peltospiridae]] <small>McLean, 1989</small>

A few genera have been unassigned :
* ''[[Helicrenion]]'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* ''[[Retiskenea]]'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001
* [[Velutonia (gastropod)|Vetulonia]] Dall, 1913


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Vetigastropoda]]
[[Category:Vetigastropoda]]



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Neomphaloidea
Scientific classification
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Neomphaloidea

McLean, 1981[1]
Families

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Neomphaloidea is a superfamily of deep-sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). They are commonly known as "hydrothermal vent limpets".

The other superfamily of hydrothermal vent limpets is the Lepetodriloidea.

Families

Families within the Neomphaloidea include:

A few genera have been unassigned :

References

  1. ^ McLean J. H. (8 December 1981). "The Galapagos rift limpet Neomphalus: relevance to understanding the evolution of a major paleozoic-mesozoic radiation". Malacologia 21(1-2): 291-336.