Littorinimorpha

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Littorinimorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Caenogastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Suborder: Hypsogastropoda Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilies
Calyptraeoidea Calyptraeidae Capuloidea Cypraeoidea Littorinoidea Naticoidea Rissooidea Stromboidea Tonnoidea Vanikoroidea Vermetoidea Xenophoroidea

Littorinimorpha is an important taxonomic infraorder of snails that includes the genus Oncomelania. Snails in this genus, such as Oncomelania hupensis and Oncomelania nosophora, are part of the life cycle of the schistosoma blood fluke and the paragonimus lung fluke.

[edit] Superfamilies

Superfamilies listed under this infraorder of gastropods includes some familiar animals:

• Calyptraeoidea
  • Calyptraeidae
  • Isospiridae
• Capuloidea
  • Capulidae
  • Trichotropidae
• Carinarioidea
  • Atlantidae
  • Carinariidae
  • Pterosomatidae
  • Pterotracheidae
• Cingulopsoidea
  • Cingulopsidae
  • Eatoniellidae
  • Rastodentidae
• Cypraeoidea (cowries)
  • Cypraeidae
    • Cypraea
      • Cypraea pantherina
      • †Cypraea problematica
      • Cypraea tigris
  • Inviidae
  • Ovulidae
• Ficoidea
  • Ficidae
  • Thalassocyonidae
• Laubierinoidea
  • Laubierinidae
  • Pisanianuridae
• Littorinoidea (periwinkles)
  • Aciculidae
    • Abchasohela
    • Acicula
    • Caziotia
    • Hyalacme
    • Kainarella
    • Menkia
    • Platyla
    • Pleuracme
    • Renea
  • Littorinidae
  • Pickworthiidae
  • Pomatiasidae
  • Purpurinidae
  • Skeneopsidae
  • Zerotulidae
• Naticoidea
  • Ampullinidae
  • Naticidae
    • Natica
      • †Natica canrena Linné 1758
      • †Natica plicatella Conrad
    • Polinices
      • †Polinices duplicatus
    • Tectonatica
      • †Tectonatica pusilla
• Rissooidea
  • Adeorbidae
  • Anabathridae
  • Assimineidae
  • Barleeidae
  • Bithyniidae
  • Caecidae
  • Calopiidae
  • Elachisinidae
  • Emblandidae
  • Epigridae
  • Falsicingulidae
  • Hydrobiidae
  • Hydrococcidae
  • Iravadiidae
  • Istrianidae
  • Pomatiopsidae
  • Rissoidae
  • Sadlerianidae
  • Stenothyridae
  • Tornidae
  • Truncatellidae
  • Vitrinellidae
• Stromboidea (true conchs)
  • Aporrhaidae
  • Colombellinidae
  • Pugnellidae
  • Seraphidae
  • Strombidae
    • Lambis
    • Strombus
      • Strombus gigas
      • Strombus pugilis
    • Terebellum
    • Tibia
    • Varicospira
  • Struthiolariidae
  • Thersiteidae
  • Zitteliidae
• Tonnoidea
  • Bursidae
  • Cassidae
  • Perissityidae
  • Personidae
  • Ranellidae
  • Tonnidae
• Vanikoroidea
  • Haloceratidae
  • Hipponicidae
  • Vanikoridae
• Velutinoidea
  • Pediculariidae
  • Pseudosacculidae
  • Triviidae
  • Velutinidae
• Vermetoidea
  • Velutinidae
• Xenophoroidea
  • Guttulidae
  • Lamelliphoridae
  • Xenophoridae