Amphiboloidea is a taxonomic

Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...

 superfamily of air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

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2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

, it is a superfamily in the informal group Basommatophora

Basommatophora

Basommatophora was a term that was previously used as a taxonomic informal group, a group of snails within the informal group Pulmonata, the air-breathing slugs and snails...

, within the Pulmonata

Pulmonata

The Pulmonata, or "pulmonates", are an informal group of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills...

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This superfamily has contained only one family, the Amphibolidae

Amphibolidae

Amphibolidae is a family of air-breathing snails with opercula, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.The family is considered to be among the most primitive of the pulmonate gastropods, for although amphibolids breathe air, they also have opercula and at least some species go through a...

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2007 taxonomy

Golding et al. (2007) have established new families:

• Maningrididae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 - with the only species Maningrida arnhemensis
  Maningrida arnhemensis
  Maningrida arnhemensis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the superfamily Amphiboloidea....
  
  
• Phallomedusidae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007

2010 taxonomy

Basommatophora (Siphonarioidea

Siphonarioidea

Siphonarioidea is a taxonomic group of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets.- 2005 taxonomy :Siphonarioidea was previously a superfamily in the informal group Basommatophora within the Pulmonata.- 2010 taxonomy :...

 and Amphiboloidea and Hygrophila

Hygrophila

Hygrophila, commonly known as the temple plants or hygros, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. There are about 125 species, of which about 40 are aquatic. The genus has a pan-tropical distribution, with some members entering sub-tropical areas. It is one of only two genera in...

) have been found polyphyletic and so Jörger et al. (2010) have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata

Panpulmonata

Panpulmonata is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs in the clade Heterobranchia within the clade Euthyneura.Panpulmonata was established as a new taxon by Jörger et al...

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Further reading

• Golding R. E., Byrne M., Ponder W. F. (2008) "Novel copulatory structures and reproductive functions in Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pulmonata)". Invertebrate Biology 127(2): 168–180 doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00120.x