Velutinoidea

Velutinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.

Taxonomy

• Family Velutinidae <small>Gray, 1840</small>
• Subfamily Velutininae <small>Gray, 1840</small>
• Subfamily Lamellariinae <small>d'Orbigny, 1841</small>
• Subfamily Marseniopsinae <small>Fassio, Bouchet, Schiaparelli & Oliverio, 2022</small>, sister to all other Velutinidae
• Subfamily Hainotinae <small>Fassio, Bouchet, Schiaparelli & Oliverio, 2022</small>, sister to the clade formed by Velutininae and Lamellariinae

• Family Triviidae <small>Troschel, 1863</small>
• Subfamily Eratoinae <small>Gill, 1871</small>
• Subfamily Triviinae <small>Troschel, 1863</small>

This classification follows the study by Ponder & Warén, published in 1988. However, there were some adaptations for the family Triviidae, based on the study by Schilder, published in 1966.

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