{{Short description|Superfamily of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Angaria Delphinus Shells Macro.JPG | image_caption = Views of two shells of ''Angaria delphinus'' | taxon = Angarioidea | authority = Gray, 1857 | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }}
'''Angarioidea''' is a superfamily of small to medium sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.<ref name="WoRMS">Gofas, S. (2012). Angarioidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382199 on 2012-12-30</ref>
==Taxonomy == The superfamily Angarioidea was created as a new superfamily by Williams et al. (2008).<ref name="Williams 2008">Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". ''Zoologica Scripta'' '''37'''(5): 483-506. {{doi|10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x}}</ref> The same suggest that something similar may be done in the future for Arene, but Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) note that Areneinae McLean, 2001, introduced in a congress abstract, is not an available family-level name.<ref name="WoRMS" />
This superfamily consists of the two following families:<ref name="Williams 2008"/> * Angariidae Gray, 1857 - only one genus ''Angaria'' Röding, 1798 * Areneidae - Areneidae is however not officially described as a taxon name.<ref name="WoRMS2">WoRMS (2010). ''Arene'' Adams, 1845. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413481 on 2010-04-17</ref> Areneidae is provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea according to Williams et al. (2008).<ref name="Williams 2008"/> It contains two genera: ''Arene'' Adams, 1845 and ''Cinysca'' Killburn, 1970.<ref name="WoRMS2"/>
Both are now placed in the superfamily Trochoidea.<ref name="WoRMS" />
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Category:Vetigastropoda Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray Category:Gastropod superfamilies