Viviparoidea
| Viviparoidea | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| A shell of Cipangopaludina chinensis | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Architaenioglossa | 
| Superfamily: | Gray, 1847 | 
Viviparoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the informal group Architaenioglossa, which belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda.[1]
The following two families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Family Viviparidae
- † Family Pliopholygidae
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).