Epitonioidea

Epitonioidea
Janthina janthina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea Berry, S.S., 1910
Families
See text.

Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.[1] This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.

Taxonomy

Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:

• Family Epitoniidae S.S. Berry, 1910, the wentletraps
• Family Janthinidae Lamarck, 1822, the purple snails
• Family Nystiellidae Clench & Turner, 1952

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).