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-oidea is now the official ending for superfamilies. Before
the ICZN made this declaration, -acea was widely used by
molluscan workers. This results in some potential
confusion, as a few genera also end in -oidea. Thus,
Nuculoidea is a Paleozoic genus in the superfamily
Nuculoidea.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
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From: Burton Vaughan <
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:20:09 -0700
>I notice that superfamily names of pulmonate shells have
been written
>variously with the "-idea" suffix or with the "-acea" suffix,
depending on
>source. Superfamily names in Abbott's Seashells
Compendium always end in
>"-acea," though Abbott used the "-idea" ending in his
earlier land shell
>book. Is there now a preferred ending for specifically the
superfamily level
>(not suborder)? Or, am I just seeing out-of-date usage in
some cases?
>
>-Burton
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