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Velutinoidea

Velutinoidea
Cuncha GFDL Galicia8.jpg
Beachworn shells of Trivia merces (family Triviidae), with sand grains trapped in the aperture
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
J. E. Gray, 1840
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Velutinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

This classification follows the study by Ponder & Warén, published in 1988. However, there were some adaptations for the family Triviidae, based on the study by Schilder, published in 1966.


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