Cocculinoidea | |
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Various examples of Coccopigya crinita (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
Order: | Cocculinida Hazsprunar, 1987 |
Superfamily: | Cocculinoidea Dall, 1882 |
Families | |
Diversity[1] | |
51 extant species, at least 4 fossil species |
The Cocculinoidea is a superfamily of deepwater limpets (marine gastropods), the only superfamily in the order Cocculinida, one of the main orders of gastropods according to the taxonomy as set up by (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). The clade Cocciliniformia used to be designated as a superorder.