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Gastropoda (snail)

Taxonomy

Gastropoda was named by Cuvier (1797). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mollusca by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Shoshani et al. (1989), Barnes (1998), Sepkoski (2002), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Giribet et al. (2006).

Subtaxa

Admetidae, Alaria, Altadema, Archaeobranchia, Auroraella, Bellerophontida, Bicuerda, Briardia, Bucardites, Bulimella, Bulimus, Chartrionella, Chippewaella, Chuchleconus, Cithna, Conotrochus, Cyclostoma, Dextrobranchia, Dicathais (syn. Calusathais), Dicosmus, Diozoptyxis, Eogastropoda (syn. Euomphalomorpha), Euthyneura, Globulitopa, Hecatastoma, Helicarionoidea, Helicites, Helicoidea, Helictes, Heterostropha (syn. Heterobranchia), Holyneconcha, Hyalaea, Hypsogastropoda, Isaea, Iteria, Liris, Lovonemetrida, Luoguella, Luoguispira, Mahajangina, Microcochlis, Mitrularia, Neptuneidae, Neritaemorpha, Neritimorpha, Notodelphinula, Opisthobranchia, Opisthonematidae (syn. Opisthonema), Orthogastropoda, Oxychilus, Pectinibranchia, Peraubium, Phorus, Pileopsis, Planorboidea, Platyostomella, Platystoma, Plicatusidae, Polygyridae, Pragoserpulinidae, Prosobranchia, Pulmonata, Rhytidopilidae, Rotellina, Sorbeoconcha, Spiraxidae, Spirgvaleia, Streptoneura, Suprazonalia, Taeniodomus, Thatcheriidae, Tortifusus, Toxonema, Trepsipleura, Tripartella, Trochiletes, Trochotremaria, Zeminolia, Zlichovia

Species lacking formal opinion data

Sister taxa

Aplacophora, Bivalvia (syn. Lamellibranchiata, Pelecypoda, Astarte scrivenori, Solen (Solecurtus) ellipticus, Modiolopsis praerupta, Solen (Solecurtus) planulatus), Caudofoveata (syn. Chaetodermomorpha), Cephalopoda (syn. Michelinoceratinae, Leurocycloceratinae, Ohioceratidae), Conchifera, Diplacophora, Helcionelloida, Hyolitha, Paragastropoda, Rostroconchia, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres (syn. Neomeniomorpha), Stenothecoida, Tentaculita, Tergomya

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Synonyms

Beekmanoceras was named by Ulrich and Foerste (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 524].

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Gastropoda by Kröger and Landing (2009).

It was assigned to Trocholitidae by Teichert et al. (1964); and to Tarphyceratida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1797	Gastropoda Cuvier
1936	Beekmanoceras Ulrich and Foerste p. 264
1964	Beekmanoceras Teichert et al. p. 360
1987	Gastropoda Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1989	Gastropoda Shoshani et al. p. 435
1998	Gastropoda Barnes p. 268
2002	Beekmanoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Gastropoda Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Gastropoda Bouchet et al. p. 242
2006	Gastropoda Giribet et al. p. 7724

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