The following taxonomic table is that of Poppe & Tagaro (2006) for marine shell organisms in the Prosobranchia and Opisthobranchia subclasses. It is based on Bouchet & Rocroi's (2005) gastropod classification update but abridged to exclude fossil species. In this table, the clades reflect major revisions based on DNA and RNA molecular studies, more detailed soft tissue anatomy, and other current advances. There are many significant changes from the traditional Linnaean taxonomic classification.
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- Subclass: Prosobranchia
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Clade: Patellogastropoda
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- Superfamily: Patelloidea (True Limpets)
- Family: Patellidae
- Family: Acmaidae
- Family: Lottiidae
- Family: Lepetidae
- Superfamily: Nacelloidea
- Family: Nacellidae
- Clade: Vetigastropoda
- Superfamily: Haliotoidea
- Family: Haliotidae (Abalones)
- Superfamily: Fissurelloidea (Keyhole Limpets)
- Family: Fissurellidae
- Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
- Family: Pleurotomariidae
- Superfamily: Trochoidea
- Family: Trochidae (Top Shells)
Family: Stomatellidae - Family: Calliostomatidae
- Superfamily: Turbinoidea
- Family: Turbinidae
- Clade: Cycloneritimorpha
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- Superfamily: Neritoidea (Nerites)
- Family: Neritidae
- Superfamily: Helicinoidea
- Family: Helicinidae (terrestrial)
- Superfamily: Hydrocenoidea
- Family: Hydrocenidae (terrestrial)
- [others]
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- Informal Group: Architaenioglossa
- Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea (Land Snails)
- Family: Cyclophoridae
- Superfamily: Viviparoidea (Freshwater Snails)
- Family: Viviparidae
- Superfamily: Valvatoidea (Freshwater Snails)
- Clade: Sorbeconcha
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Superfamily: Cerithioidea
- Family: Cerithiidae (Ceriths)
Family: Modulidae- Family: Pachychilidae
- Family: Potamididae
Family: Siliquariidae
Family: Thiaridae
Family: Triphoridae
Family: Turritellidae (Turritellas)
Family: Vermetidae - Family: Cerithiidae (Ceriths)
Clade: Littorinimorpha
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Superfamily: Cerithioidea
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- Superfamily: Calyptraeoida
- Family: Calyptraeidae
- Superfamily: Capuloidea
- Family: Capulidae
- Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
- Family: Cypraeidae
- Family: Ovulidae
- Superfamily: Ficoidea
- Family: Ficidae
- Superfamily: Crepidulodea
- Family: Crepidulidae
Family: Capulidae (Cap Shells)
Family: Xenophoridae - Superfamily: Littorinoidea
- Family: Littorinidae (Periwinkles)
- Family: Pickworthiidae
- Family: Pomatiidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Naticoidea
- Family: Naticidae
- Superfamily: Rissoidea
- Family: Rissoidae
- Family: Barleeidae
- Family: Bithynidae
- Family: Caecidae
- Family: Tornidae (incl Vitrinellinae)
- Family: Truncatellidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Stromboidea
- Family: Strombidae
Family: Aporrhaidae
Family: Struthiolariidae - [Others]
- Superfamily: Tonnoidea
- Family: Cassidae
- Family: Tonnidae (Tun Shells)
- Family: Bursidae
- Family: Personidae
- Family: Ranellidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
- Family: Vanikoridae
- Family: Hipponicidae
- Superfamily: Velutinoidea
- Family: Triviidae
- Superfamily: Vermetoidea
- Family: Vermetidae
- Superfamily: Xenophoroidea
- Family: Xenophoridae
- Group: Ptenoglossa
- Superfamily: Epitonioidea
- Family: Epitoniidae
- Family:Janthinidae
- Superfamily: Eulimoidea
- Family: Eulimidae
- Family: Aclididae
- Superfamily: Triphoroidea
- Family: Triphoridae
- Family: Cerithiopsidae
- Clade: Neogastropoda
- Superfamily: Buccinoidea
- Family: Buccinidae
- Family: Colubrariidae
- Family: Columbellidae
- Family: Fasciolariidae
- Family: Nassariidae
- Family: Melongenidae
- Superfamily: Muricoidea
- Family: Muricidae (Murex Shells)
- Family: Babyloniidae
- Family: Coralliophilidae (Coral Shells)
- Family: Costellariidae
- Family: Harpidae (Harp Shells)
- Family: Marginellidae
- Family: Mitridae
- Family: Strepsiduridae
- Family: Turbinellidae
- Family: Volutidae (Volutes)
- Superfamily: Olivoidea
- Family: Olividae (Olive Shells)
- Family: Olivellidae (Olive Shells)
- Superfamily: Pseudolivoidea
- Family: Pseudolividae
- [Others}
- Superfamily: Conoidea
- Family: Conidae (Cone Shells)
- Family: Clavatulidae
- Family: Terebridae (Auger Shells)
- Family: Turridae (Turrids)
- Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
- Family: Cancellariidae
- Clade: Heterobranchia
- Superfamily: Acteonoidea
- Family: Acteonidae
- Family: Aplustridae ("Hydatinidae")
- Family: Bullinidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Architectonicoidea
- Family: Architectonicidae
- Superfamily: Mathildoidea
- Family: Mathildidae
- Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
- Family: Pyramidellidae
- Superfamily: Ringiculoidea
- Family: Ringiculidae
- Superfamily: Rissoelloidea
- Family: Rissoellidae
- Superfamily: Valvatoidea
- Family: Valvatidae
- Informal Group: Opisthobranchia
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- Clade: Cephalaspidea
- Superfamily: Bulloidea
- Family: Bullidae
- Superfamily: Diaphanoidea
- Family: Diaphanidae
- Family: Notodiaphanidae
- Subfamily: Haminoeidea
- Family: Haminoeidae
- Superfamily: Philinoidea
- Family: Philinidae
- Family: Cylichnidae
- Family: Retusidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Philinacea
- Family: Scaphandridae
- Family Gastropteridae
- Family Aglajidae
- Family: Philinidae
- Family: Philioglossidae
- Superfamily: Runcinoidea
- Family: Runcinidae
- Clade: Thecosomata (Pteropoda -sea butterflies)
- Superfamily: Cavolinioidea
- Family: Cavolinidae [Cuvieridae]
- Family: Limacinidae
- Superfamily: Cymbulioidea
- Family: Cymbuliidae
- Family: Desmopteridae
- Family: Peraclidae
- Clade: Gymnosomata (naked Pteropods)
- Superfamily: Clionoidea
- Family: Clionidae
- [Others]
Land Snail Classification
The following taxonomic table is also based on (Poppe & Tagaro, 2006) and has been abridged.
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- Clade: Cladobranchia
- Superfamily: Amphiboloidea
- Family: Amphibulidae
- Superfamily: Siphonarioidea(syn., Siphonarioidea)
- Family: Siphonariidae (limpets)
- Clade: Hygrophila
- Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
- Family: Lymnaeidae
- Superfamily: Planorboidea
- Family: Planorbidae
- Family: Physidae
- [Others]
- Clade: Eupulmonata
- Superfamily: Ellobioidea
- Family: Ellobiidae
- Family: Otinidae
- [Others]
- Subclade: Elasmognatha
- Superfamily: Succineoidea
- Family: Succineidae
- [Others]
- Subclade: Orthurethra
- Superfamily: Achatinelloidea
- Family: Achatinellidae
- Superfamily: Cochlicopoidea (syns., Chondrinoidea, Cionellacea)
- Family: Amastridae
- Family: Cochlicopidae (syn., Cionellidae)
- Superfamily: Pupilloidea
- Family: Pupillidae
- Family: Chondrinidae
- Family: Lauriidae
- Family: Orculidae
- Family: Pyramidulidae (syn., Pleurodiscidae)
- Family: Strobilopsidae
- Family: Valloniidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Enoidea
- Family: Enidae (syn., Buliminidae)
- Family: Cerastuidae
- Superfamily: Clausilioidea
- Family: Clausiliidae
- Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
- Family: Orthalicidae (Bulimulidae)
- Family: Cerionidae (syn., Ceriidae)
- Superfamily: Achatinoidea
- Family: Achatinidae
- Family: Ferrussaciidae
- Family: Subulinidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Testacelloidea
- Family: Testacellidae
- Family: Spiraxidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
- Family: Spiraxidae
- Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
- Family: Rhytidae (syn., (Paraphantidae)Gastropoda/Pulmonates.html
- Family: Chlamydephoridae
- Family: Haplotrematidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Acavoidea
- Family: Acavidae
- Family: Caryodidae
- Family: Macrocylidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Sagdoidea
- Family: Sagdidae
- "Limacoid" Clade
- Superfamily: Zonitoidea
- Family: Zonitidae
- Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
- Family: Helicarionidae
- Superfamily: Limacoidea
- Family: Limacidae
- Family: Vitrinidae
- [Others]
- Superfamily: Arionoidea
- Family: Arionidae
- Family: Phylomycidae
- Superfamily: Helicoidea
- Family: Helicidae
- Family: Bradybaenidae
- Family: Camaenidae
- Family: Cochlicellidae
- Family: Helminthoglyptidae
- Family: Hygromiidae
- Family: Pleurodontidae
- Family: Sphincterochilidae
- Family: Xanthonychidae
- [Others]
Perotrochus hirasei
Hirasei's Slit Shell
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Acmaea scutum
Shield Limpet
Family: Patellidae
Nerita plicata
Plicate Nerite
Family: Neritidae
Tectarius pagodus
Pagoda Prickly Winkle
Family: Littorinidae
Aletes squamigerus
Scaly Worm Shell
Family: Vermetidae
Aporrhais pespelicani
Pelican's Foot
Family: Aporrhaidae
Cypraea auranteum
Golden Cowrie
Family: Cypraeidae
Neverita helicoides
Spiral Moon
Family: Naticidae
Rapa incurva
Recurved Rapa Snail
Family: Coralliophilidae
Marginella elegans
Elegant Marginella
Family: Marginellidae
Janthina janthina
Purple Sea Snail
Family: Janthinidae
Hydatina albocincta
Hydatina Bubble Shell
Family: Hydatinidae
Atys semistriata
Variably Banded Atys
Family: Atyidae
Pyrazus ebeninus
Ebony Swamp Cerith
Family: Thiaridae
(an air breathing marine snail)
Drymaeus multilineatus
Multi-lined Drymaeus
Family: Bulimulidae
(an air breathing land snail)
Natalina cafra
Cafra Natalina
Family: Rhytididae
(an air breathing land snail)
Pleurodonte marginella
Marginella Caracolus
Family: Camaenidae
(an air breathing land snail)
Obba Listeri
Lister's Obba
Family: Camaenidae
(an air breathing land snail)
Polymita picta
Painted Helix
Family: Xanthonichidae
(an air breathing land snail)
Ryssota otaheitana
Tahitian Ovum
Family: Helicarionidae
(an air breathing land snail)