North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Littorinimorpha

AphiaID

382213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382213)

Classification

Authority

A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Caenogastropoda

Direct children (22)

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Superfamily Calyptraeoidea Lamarck, 1809
Superfamily Capuloidea J. Fleming, 1822
Superfamily Cingulopsoidea Fretter & Patil, 1958
Superfamily Cypraeoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Superfamily Ficoidea Meek, 1864 (1840)
Superfamily Hipponicoidea Troschel, 1861
Superfamily Littorinoidea Children, 1834
Superfamily Naticoidea Guilding, 1834
Superfamily Pterotracheoidea Rafinesque, 1814
Superfamily Rissooidea Gray, 1847
Superfamily Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815
Superfamily Tonnoidea Suter, 1913 (1825)
Superfamily Truncatelloidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Superfamily Vanikoroidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Superfamily Velutinoidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Superfamily Vermetoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Superfamily Cassoidea Latreille, 1825 accepted as Tonnoidea Suter, 1913 (1825)
Superfamily Crepiduloidea J. Fleming, 1822 accepted as Calyptraeoidea Lamarck, 1809
Superfamily Eulimoidea R. A. Philippi, 1853 accepted as Vanikoroidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Superfamily Heteropoda Lamarck, 1812 accepted as Pterotracheoidea Rafinesque, 1814 (Not available as a family-group name (not based on a genus))
Superfamily Rissoacea accepted as Rissooidea Gray, 1847 (suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.)
Superfamily Xenophoroidea Troschel, 1852 (1840) accepted as Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Golikov, A.N. & Starobogatov, Y.I. (1975). Systematics of prosobranch gastropods. Malacologia. 15(1): 185-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13122844 [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature The taxon was first established by Pchelintsev (1963: Briukhonogie Mezozoia Gornogo Kryma, p. 47) as suborder Littorinata,...

Nomenclature The taxon was first established by Pchelintsev (1963: Briukhonogie Mezozoia Gornogo Kryma, p. 47) as suborder Littorinata, containing containing the superfamilies Littorinoidea, Calyptraeoidea, and Rissooidea. Spelling and rank emended by Golikov & Starobogatov (1975: 210) to superorder Littorinimorpha. [details]

Taxonomic citation

NARMS (2025). Littorinimorpha. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=382213 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Littorinimorpha. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=382213 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-02 11:06:43Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-03-28 21:19:53Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2009-08-13 07:23:33Z

changed

db_admin

2010-06-02 13:20:13Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2020-04-10 10:39:35Z

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Páll-Gergely, Barna

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original description Golikov, A.N. & Starobogatov, Y.I. (1975). Systematics of prosobranch gastropods. Malacologia. 15(1): 185-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13122844 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

additional source An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Littorinimorpha)
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