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Delphinoidea

Gastropoda - Skeneidae

Taxonomy
Delphinoidea was named by Brown (1827). It is extant. It is the type genus of Delphinoideinae.

It was assigned to Delphinoideinae by Thiele (1924); and to Skeneinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Delphinoidea Brown
1924Delphinoidea Thiele pp. 60, 70
2005Delphinoidea Bouchet et al. pp. 63, 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySkeneidae(Clark 1851)
genusDelphinoideaBrown 1827

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Delphinoidea Brown 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available