Cerithiimorpha



The Cerithiimorpha was a suborder of marine gastropods within the Sorbeoconcha. This taxon is no longer valid according to the current taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.

The previous classification system was as follows:
 * subclassis = Orthogastropoda
 * infraclassis = Apogastropoda
 * superordo = Caenogastropoda
 * ordo = Sorbeoconcha
 * subordo = Cerithiimorpha

Previous taxonomy
During the taxon's use, not all taxonomists agreed upon its structure. The listing below gives one interpretation. For example, in another accepted classification, the Campaniloidea and Cerithioidea were separated in a suborder named Discopoda.


 * Campaniloidea
 * Campanilidae
 * Plesiotrochidae
 * Cerithioidea
 * Batillariidae
 * Brachytremidae
 * †Canterburyellidae
 * Cassiopidae
 * Cerithiidae
 * Dialidae
 * Diastomidae
 * Eoptychiidae
 * Eustomidae
 * Faxiidae
 * Lavigeriidae
 * Litiopidae
 * †Maoraxidae
 * Melanopsidae
 * Modulidae
 * Pachychilidae
 * Pachymelaniidae
 * Pareoridae
 * Pianaridae
 * Planaxidae
 * Potamididae
 * Procerithiidae
 * Pseudamaurinidae
 * Scaliolidae
 * Siliquariidae
 * Syrnolopsidae
 * Tenagodidae
 * Terebrellidae - not a valid name
 * Thiaridae
 * Turritellidae
 * Turritellopsidae
 * Spationematoidea
 * Spanionematidae
 * Stephanozygidae

(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)