The PEDIGREE of
Family Littorinidae (Periwinkles)

 "Child(ren)":       Subfamily Littorininae   ;   Lacuninae (5 genera)   ;   Laevilitorininae (2 genera)
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/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa   +====> [ 73]
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Lophotrochozoa (various phyla of worms)
/-- Supraphylum Trochozoa
/-- Phylum Mollusca
/-- Superclass Conchifera
/-- Class Gastropoda (Snails & Slugs & Limpets & etc.)
/-- Subclass Orthogastropoda
/-- Superorder Caenogastropoda (Various Snails)
/-- Order Sorbeoconcha
/-- Suborder Hypsogastropoda (Whelks, Cowries, etc.)
/-- Clade Littorinimorpha
/-- Superfamily Littorinoidea (Periwinkles & kin)
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- Family Littorinidae (Periwinkles)
 

 
  ``1-Great Grandchild:''       Mangrove Periwinkle
 

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