Editing Volutoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of sea snails}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|name = Volutoidea
|fossil_range = [[Cretaceous]] to Recent
|image = 
|image_caption = 
|taxon = Volutoidea
|authority = [[Rafinesque]], 1815
|subdivision_ranks = Families
|subdivision = ''See text''
|synonyms_ref=
|synonyms= Cancellarioidea <small>Forbes & Hanley, 1851</small>
}}

'''Volutoidea''' is a [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] [[Taxonomic rank|superfamily]] of [[predatory]] [[sea snail]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the clade Neogastropoda.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055738 on 2020-06-05</ref>

This superfamily includes the chank snails, the dove snails, the volutes, the margin snails and others.

== Shell description ==
The [[gastropod shell|shell]] of the snails in this superfamily vary greatly in shape and degree of ornamentation. The shells have an oval [[Aperture (mollusc)|aperture]], and a noticeable [[siphonal canal]].

== Families ==
Families within the superfamily Volutoidea are as follows:
* family [[Cancellariidae]] <small>Forbes & Hanley, 1851</small>
* family [[Cystiscidae]] <small>Stimpson, 1865</small> -- 15 genera
* family [[Granulinidae]] <small>G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995</small>
* family [[Marginellidae]] <small>[[John Fleming (naturalist)|Fleming]], 1828</small> -- 30 genera
* family [[Marginellonidae]] <small>Coan, 1965</small>
* family [[Volutidae]] <small>[[Rafinesque]], 1815</small> -- 49 genera
;Synonyms:
* Paladmetidae <small>Stephenson, 1941</small> † synonym of [[Admetinae]] <small>Troschel, 1865</small>
* Plesiocystiscidae <small>G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995</small>: synonym of ''[[Plesiocystiscinae]]'' <small>G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995</small>

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<gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed">
Image:Persicula cingulata 01.JPG|''[[Persicula cingulata]]'', [[Cystiscidae]]
Image:Marginella glabella 01.JPG|''[[Marginella glabella]]'', [[Marginellidae]]
Image:Cymbiola nobilis 01.jpg|''[[Cymbiola nobilis]]'', [[Volutidae]]
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Reflist}}
* {{smallcaps|Ponder, WF & DR Lindberg}} 1997. Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters. ''Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 119(2)'': 83-265.
* {{smallcaps|Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E.}} (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.

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[[Category:Volutoidea| ]]
[[Category:Neogastropoda]]
[[Category:Extant Cretaceous first appearances]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]]


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