Zerotulidae (Family)

Overview

The Family Zerotulidae is a member of the Superfamily Littorinoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Zerotulidae:

Domain: Eukaryota - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa - Lophotrochozoans
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
        Phylum: Mollusca (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
        Order: Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
        Superfamily: Littorinoidea [J.G. Children], 1834
        Family: Zerotulidae A. Warén & S. Hain, 1996

The Family Zerotulidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (3): Dickdellia · Trilirata · Zerotula
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in the Family Zerotulidae.

At least 5 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zerotula.

More info about the Genus Zerotula may be found here.

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