A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania, by Simon Grove 

Last build: Mon Jun 21 11:36:47 Tasmania Standard Time 2010

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Superfamily list - alphabetical

According to available records, the following superfamilies (or taxa of roughly equivalent rank) occur in Tasmania:

Acanthochitonina (chitons)

Acteonoidea (bubble-shells)

Aeolidioidea (sea-slugs)

Amphiboloidea (air-breathers)

Anomioidea (saddle-oysters and jingle-shells)

Aplysioidea (sea-hares)

Architectonicoidea (sundial-shells)

Arcoidea (ark-shells)

Arminoidea (sea-slugs)

Buccinoidea (whelks, dove-shells, mud-snails etc.)

Bulloidea (bubble-shells)

Calyptraeoidea (shelf-limpets and slipper-limpets)

Campaniloidea (monk-shells)

Cancellarioidea (nutmeg-shells)

Capuloidea (cap-shells)

Cardioidea (cockles)

Carditoidea (false-cockles and condyl-clams)

Cavolinioidea (sea-butterflies)

Cerithioidea (creepers, dialas, screw-shells etc.)

Chaetodermomorpha (aplacophorans)

Chamoidea (jewel-boxes)

Choriplacina (chitons)

Cingulopsoidea (eaton-shells and false eaton-shells)

Cirrata (octopuses)

Cladobranchia - unplaced (sea-slugs)

Clavagelloidea (watering-pots)

Conoidea (cone-shells, auger-shells, turrid-shells etc.)

Crassatelloidea (thickshell-clams)

Cuspidarioidea (spoon-shells)

Cyamioidea (arc-mussels, bean-shells, neolepton-clams etc.)

Cypraeoidea (cowries)

Dentallidea (tusk-shells)

Diaphanoidea (bubble-shells)

Doridoidea (sea-lemons and sea-slugs)

Ellobioidea (air-breathers)

Entalimorpha (tusk-shells)

Epitonioidea (wentletraps and violet-snails)

Eulimoidea (urchin-snails, seastar-snails etc.)

Fionoidea (sea-slugs)

Fissurelloidea (keyhole-limpets, notch-limpets etc.)

Flabellinoidea (sea-slugs)

Gadilimorpha (tusk-shells)

Galeommatoidea (lepton-clams)

Gastrochaenoidea (gastrochaena-clams)

Haliotoidea (abalones)

Haminoeoidea (bubble-shells)

Hiatelloidea (gapers and crypt-dwellers)

Incirrata (octopuses and nautiluses)

Ischnochitonina (chitons)

Lepetelloidea (cap-limpets)

Lepidopleurina (chitons)

Limapontioidea (sea-slugs)

Limoidea (file-shells)

Limopsoidea (dog-cockles, micromussels, limopsid-clams etc.)

Littorinoidea (australwinks, conniwinks and winkles)

Lottioidea (limpets)

Lower Heterobranchia unplaced (orbitestellid-shells)

Lucinoidea (lucines, globe-shells and thyasira-clams)

Mactroidea (wedge-shells, trough-shells etc.)

Muricoidea (murex-shells, mitre-shells, margin-shells, volutes etc.)

Myoidea (basket-shells)

Myopsida (squid)

Mytiloidea (mussels)

Nacelloidea (limpets)

Naticoidea (necklace-shells, sand-snails and sinum-snails)

Neomeniomorpha (aplacophorans)

Neritoidea (nerites and false-limpets)

Nuculanoidea (nut-shells, neilo-clams and sarepta-clams)

Nuculoidea (nutlet-shells)

Oegopsida (squid)

Olivoidea (olive-shells)

Onchidioidea (sea-slugs)

Onchidoridoidea (sea-slugs)

Ostreoidea (oysters)

Otinoidea (smeagol-snails)

Oxynooidea (sea-slugs and bubble-shells)

Pandoroidea (rock-clams, myochama-clams and myadora-clams)

Patelloidea (limpets)

Pectinoidea (scallops and thorny-oysters)

Philinoidea (canoe-shells, peanut-shells, bubble-shells and sea-slugs)

Pholadoidea (angel-wings and shipworms)

Pholadomyoidea (parilimya-clams)

Phyllidioidea (sea-slugs)

Pinnoidea (pen-shells)

Pleurobranchoidea (sea-slugs)

Polyceroidea (sea-slugs)

Poromyoidea (spoon-shells)

Pseudolivoidea (false-olive-shells)

Pterioidea (butterfly-shells and finger-clams)

Pterotracheoidea (sea-elephants)

Pyramidelloidea (pyramid-shells)

Rissoelloidea (rissoella-shells)

Rissooidea (rice-shells, glass-shells, hydrobiid-shells, epigrus-shells etc.)

Runcinoidea (sea-slugs)

Scissurelloidea (slit-shells)

Seguenzioidea (false top-shells)

Sepioida (cuttlefish and squid)

Siphonarioidea (siphon-shells)

Solemyoidea (date-shells and nucinellid-clams)

Solenoidea (razor-shells)

Tellinoidea (tellins, sunset-shells and pipi-clams)

Thracioidea (lantern-shells and thracia-clams)

Tonnoidea (helmet-shells, tun-shells, rock-whelks etc.)

Trigonioidea (brooch-shells)

Trimusculoidea (lung-limpets)

Triphoroidea (false-creepers and sinistral-creepers)

Tritonioidea (sea-slugs)

Trochoidea (top-shells, kelp-shells and false ear-shells)

Turbinoidea (turban-shells, star-shells, pheasant-shells etc.)

Umbraculoidea (umbrella-snails)

Vampyromorpha (squid)

Vanikoroidea (bonnet-limpets)

Velutinoidea (ribbed-cowries, false-cowries and ear-cowries)

Veneroidea (venus-clams, boring-clams, crypt-dwellers etc.)

Vermetoidea (worm-shells)

Verticordioidea (verticordia-clams)

Vetigastropoda unplaced (false top-shells)

Xenophoroidea (carrier-shells)