Synonym: Heterobranchia Gray 1840
Full reference: P. Fischer. 1885. Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des molluscques vivants et fossiles. Fasc. VIII 1-1369
Parent taxon: Gastropoda according to C. S. Cataldo 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2017, Fischer 1885, Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016, Ponder and Warén 1988, Saul and Squires 1998, Squires 1999, Squires and Saul 2003 and Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: Achatina, Acteonoidea, Admetidae, Alamirifica, Alectrionidae, Amalthea, Amphigastropoda, Archaeobranchia, Architectonicidae, Auroraella, Beekmanoceras, Bellerophontida, Brachycerithium, Briardia, Bucardites, Buccinites, Bulimella, Bulimulidae, Bulimus, Bullaea, Caenogastropoda, Capulus sellardsi, Catubrina, Cavolinioidea, Chartrionella, Chippewaella, Chlathrus, Chrysodomidae, Chuchleconus, Cithna, Clathromangelia, Cocculiniformia, Cyclostoma, Deroceras, Dextrobranchia, Dicathais, Dicosmus, Doliidae, Dorcasiidae, Elmira, Eogastropoda, Eunerinea, Fruiticicoiidae, Gadinidae, Galeodea schencki, Galericulus, Geinitzia, Geinitzia carinata, Globulitopa, Gordenella, Gryphellina, Gundlachia, Hecatastoma, Helicarionoidea, Helicidae, Helicites, Helictes, Helminthoglyptidae, Holopea incola, Holyneconcha, Hyalaea, Hyalinia, Hyrcania, Isaea, Iteria, Jeffreysia, Juliidae, Liris, Lovonemetrida, Luoguella, Luoguispira, Lymnaea, Lysechinus, Lysechinus incongruens, Mahajangina, Mathildidae, Microceras, Microcochlis, Mitrularia, Monotigma, Neomphaliones, Neptuneidae, Nerinea, Neritaemorpha, Neritimorpha, Neritites, Notodelphinula, Opisthobranchia, Opisthonematidae, Orthogastropoda, Patellogastropoda, Patelloidea, Pectinibranchia, Pejona, Peraubium, Permoplanorboidea, Phorus, Pitonnellus, Planorboidea, Platyostomella, Platystoma, Plectopyloidea, Pleurotomaria verticillata, Pleurotomaria verticillata, Pleurotomaria viola, Plicatusidae, Polygyridae, Pragoserpulinidae, Prasinidae, Prosobranchia, Pseudobrochidium, Pseudotylostoma, Ptenoglossa, Pteronotus, Pteropoda, Pulmonata, Pupillacea, Pyramidellidae, Pythia, Rhytidopilidae, Rotellina, Rugoplanorboidella, Scalariidae, Serpulopsis, Spiraxidae, Spirgvaleia, Streptoneura, Stuorilda, Subulinidae, Suprazonalia, Taeniodomus, Thatcheriidae, Tirolthilda, Tornatella, Tortifusus, Toxonema, Tripartella, Trochifusus, Trochiletes, Trochopsis, Trochotremaria, Trochulus, Turbo guadalupensis, Turbo texana, Urocoptidae, Valvata, Vespertilio, Vetigastropoda, Wellingtonia, Zlichovia
Subtaxa: Acteonoidea Allogastropoda Anomalorbis Architectibranchia Architectonicoidea Euthyneura Misurinella Nerineoidea Palaeoalvania Streptacidoidea Stuoraxidae Valvatoidea
Ecology: epifaunal