LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
(an order of operculate snails and whelks)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Superfamily 2 subtaxa 29 images 2 ident. refs
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Family 2 subtaxa 29 images 2 ident. refs
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
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Superfamily 7 subtaxa 58 images 10 ident. refs
Superfamily 3 subtaxa 31 images
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Family 3 subtaxa 31 images
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Superfamily 4 subtaxa 124 images 1 ident. refs
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Superfamily 6 subtaxa 92 images 3 ident. refs
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Superfamily 3 subtaxa 73 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Wigham, G.D. & Graham, A. 2017 Marine Gastropods 2: Littorinimorpha and other unassigned Caenogastropoda Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), No. 61, The Linnean Society of London

LITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 32 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
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