Epitonioidea | |
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Janthina janthina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: |
Epitonioidea Berry, S.S., 1910 |
Families | |
See text |
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
See text
Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa. This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.
Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows: