title: Neritoidea
text: # Neritoidea
  
  Neritoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of mostly sea snails, nerites and their allies, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Cycloneritida (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
  
  Previously this superfamily was in the order Neritoida in the superorder Neritopsina.
  
  ## Families
  
  Families within the superfamily Neritoidea are as follows (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
  
  * † Cortinellidae Bandel, 2000
  * † Neridomidae Bandel, 2008
  * † Neritariidae Wenz, 1938
  * Neritidae, the nerites, freshwater and marine species
  * † Otostomidae Bandel, 2008
  * † Parvulatopsidae Gründel, Keupp & Lang, 2015
  * Phenacolepadidae Pilsbry, 1895, false limpets
  * † Pileolidae Bandel, Gründel & P. A. Maxwell, 2000
  
  ### Synonyms
  
  * Protoneritidae Kittl, 1899 †: synonym of Neritinae Rafinesque, 1815
  * Scutellidae Angas, 1871: synonym of Phenacolepadidae Pilsbry, 1895 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym)
  * Scutellinidae Dall, 1889: synonym of Phenacolepadidae Pilsbry, 1895 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym)
  * Septariidae Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815 (a junior synonym)
  * Shinkailepadidae Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989: synonym of Shinkailepadinae Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989
  