Vetigastropoda

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin vetus (“old”) + Gastropoda.

Proper noun

Vetigastropoda

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Gastropoda – a major ancient lineage of sea snails of diverse morphology.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class

Hyponyms

• (class): Lepetellida (Fissurelloidea, Haliotoidea, Lepetelloidea, Lepetodriloidea, Scissurelloidea), Pleurotomariida (Pleurotomarioidea and several extinct superfamilies), Seguenziida (Seguenzioidea), Trochida (Trochoidea) - orders (superfamilies)
  • Addisoniidae, Anatomidae, Angariidae, Areneidae, Ataphridae, Bathyphytophilidae, Calliostomatidae, Calliotropidae, Cataegidae, Caymanabyssiidae, Chilodontidae, Cocculinellidae, Colloniidae, Crosseolidae, Depressizonidae, Fissurellidae, Haliotidae, Larocheidae, Lepetellidae, Lepetodrilidae, Liotiidae, Margaritidae, Osteopeltidae, Pendromidae, Phasianellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Pseudococculinidae, Pyropeltidae, Scissurellidae, Seguenziidae, Skeneidae, Solariellidae, Sutilizonidae, Tegulidae, Trochaclididae, Trochidae, Turbinidae - families

References

• Vetigastropoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vetigastropoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Vetigastropoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gastropoda at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Vetigastropoda at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Vetigastropoda at World Register of Marine Species

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI