Amphiboloidea
Amphiboloidea | |
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A drawing of the shell and operculum of Amphibola crenata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda
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Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
Superfamily: | Amphiboloidea J. E. Gray , 1840
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Families | |
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Diversity[1] | |
15 species |
Amphiboloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails.
Distribution
Amphibolids are found in
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), it is a superfamily in the informal group Basommatophora, within the Pulmonata.[2]
This superfamily has contained only one family, the Amphibolidae.[2]
2007 taxonomy
Golding et al. (2007)[1] have established new families:
- Phallomedusidae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007[1]
2010 taxonomy
Basommatophora (
polyphyletic and so Jörger et al. (2010)[3] have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata
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References
Further reading
- Golding R. E., Byrne M., Ponder W. F. (2008) "Novel copulatory structures and reproductive functions in Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pulmonata)".