| Velutinoidea | |
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| Beachworn shells of Trivia merces (family Triviidae), with sand grains trapped in the aperture | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: |
Velutinoidea J. E. Gray, 1840 |
| Families | |
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Velutinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
This classification follows the study by Ponder & Warén, published in 1988. However, there were some adaptations for the family Triviidae, based on the study by Schilder, published in 1966.