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Superfamily Conuloidea Lambert, 1911, p. 27

[ex. Conulidea Kroh & Smith, 2010, p. 171.]

Diagnosis	Echinoneoida with: small central peristome with inturned edge; periproct marginal to submarginal, separated from the peristome by multiple interambulacral plates.
Type	Conulus Leske, 1778
Species Included	This taxon includes the following families; Conulidae, Galeritidae and Neoglobateridae.
Remarks	Conulidea are immediately distinguished from members of the Echinoneidae by the position of their periproct.  In Echinoneidae the periproct opening is separated from the periproct by a very short distance only.  The superfamily was proposed by Kroh & Smith (2010, p. 171). Lambert, J. 1911. Description des Echinides cretaces de la Belgique, principalement de ceux conserves au Musee royal de Bruxelles. II. Echinides de l'Etage Senonien. Memoires de la Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 4, 1-81, 3 pls.   Kroh, A. & Smith, A. B. 2010. The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7, 147-212.