WoRMS taxon details
Littorinoidea Children, 1834
14766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14766)
accepted
Superfamily
- Family Annulariidae J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1920
- Family Bohaispiridae B.-Y. Huang, 1983 †
- Family Leviathaniidae Harzhauser & S. Schneider, 2014 †
- Family Littorinidae Children, 1834
- Family Pomatiidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1828)
- Family Purpuroideidae Guzhov, 2004 †
- Family Skeneopsidae Iredale, 1915
- Family Tripartellidae Gründel, 2001 †
- Family Zerotulidae Warén & Hain, 1996
- Family Bembiciidae H. J. Finlay, 1928 accepted as Lacuninae Gray, 1857
- Family Cyclostomatidae Menke, 1828 accepted as Pomatiidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1828)
- Family Ericiidae Wenz, 1915 accepted as Pomatiidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1828)
- Family Lacunidae Gray, 1857 accepted as Littorinidae Children, 1834
- Family Melarhaphidae Starobogatov & Sitnikova, 1983 accepted as Littorininae Children, 1834
- Family Risellidae Kesteven, 1903 accepted as Lacuninae Gray, 1857
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Littorinidae Children, 1834) Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Littorinoidea Children, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14766 on 2026-02-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Littorinidae Children, 1834) Children J.G. (1834). [Mollusca]. Pp. 88-118, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, ed. 28: 88-118. [Authorship attributed to Children after G. Steiner & A.R. Kabat, 2001, Zoosystema, 23(3): 454-455].
page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
