Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Vetigastropoda

Current position

Haliotoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 243.

Alternative positions

Pleurotomariacea (Superfamily)	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 24.
Pleurotomarioidea (Superfamily) Swainson, 1840	Ref: G. Rosenberg, 1996-present: 28 Mar 2006.
Scissurelloidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1847	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 22.
Vetigastropoda (Order) Salvini-Plawen, 1980	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 339.

Historical positions

Haliotoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 243.
Vetigastropoda (Order) Salvini-Plawen, 1980	Ref: D.L. Geiger & C.E. Thacker, 2005: 50, 51, fig. 1.
Vetigastropoda (Order) Salvini-Plawen, 1980	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 339.
Haliotoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.H. de Bruyne, 2003: 310.
Gastropoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 183. [rough position]
Scissurelloidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1847	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 22.
Archaeogastropoda (Order) Thiele, 1925	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Pleurotomariacea (Superfamily)	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 24, 365.
Pleurotomariacea (Superfamily)	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 963.
Pleurotomarioidea (Superfamily) Swainson, 1840	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;18s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;55s
2005	D.L. Geiger & C.E. Thacker: 50	55s
1997	V.G. Millard: 23	[1g]
1982	K.J. Boss	1g<50s