Cerithiimorpha

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Turritella cingulifera from the Pliocene of Cyprus

The Cerithiimorpha was a suborder of marine gastropods within the Sorbeoconcha. This taxon is no longer valid according to the current taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.

The previous classification system was as follows:

• subclassis = Orthogastropoda
• infraclassis = Apogastropoda
• superordo = Caenogastropoda
• ordo = Sorbeoconcha
• subordo = Cerithiimorpha

Previous taxonomy[]

During the taxon's use, not all taxonomists agreed upon its structure. The listing below gives one interpretation. For example, in another accepted classification, the Campaniloidea and Cerithioidea were separated in a suborder named .

• Campaniloidea
  • Campanilidae
  • Plesiotrochidae
• Cerithioidea
  • Batillariidae
  • †Canterburyellidae
  • Cassiopidae
  • Cerithiidae
  • Dialidae
  • Diastomidae
  • Litiopidae
  • †Maoraxidae
  • Melanopsidae
  • Modulidae
  • Pachychilidae
  • Pachymelaniidae
  • Planaxidae
  • Potamididae
  • Procerithiidae
  • Scaliolidae
  • Siliquariidae
  • Terebrellidae - not a valid name
  • Thiaridae
  • Turritellidae
• • Spanionematidae

(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)

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