Architaenioglossa
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Architaenioglossa is a taxonomic group of snail
s which have gills and often an operculum
. They are primarily land and freshwater gastropod mollusks within the clade
Caenogastropoda
.
This "informal group" has been shown to be polyphyletic in a study by Harasewych et al., published in 1998.
(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s which have gills and often an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
. They are primarily land and freshwater gastropod mollusks within the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Caenogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Caenogastropoda is a taxonomic clade of a large diverse group of mostly marine gastropods.Caenogastropoda contains a majority of the families of shelled marine molluscs including such families as the periwinkles, cowries, wentletraps, moon snails, and cone snails.About 60% of all living gastropods...
.
This "informal group" has been shown to be polyphyletic in a study by Harasewych et al., published in 1998.
Taxonomy
- Superfamily AmpullarioideaAmpullarioideaAmpullarioidea is a taxonomic superfamily of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the informal group Architaenioglossa, which belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda....
- Family AmpullariidaeAmpullariidaeAmpullariidae, common name the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum...
- † Family NaricopsinidaeNaricopsinidaeNaricopsinidae was an extinct family of fossil operculate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa.This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005....
- Family Ampullariidae
- Superfamily CyclophoroideaCyclophoroideaCyclophoroidea is a superfamily of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropods within the informal group Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda....
- Family CyclophoridaeCyclophoridaeCyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa belonging to the clade Caenogastropoda .- Taxonomy :This family consists of the following subfamilies according to the taxonomy of...
- Family AciculidaeAciculidaeThe Aciculidae are a family of minute land snails which have opercula. In other words, Aciculidae are terrestrial operculate gastropods....
- Family CraspedopomatidaeCraspedopomatidaeCraspedopomatidae is a family of very small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa belonging to the clade Caenogastropoda .This family is not to be confused with the family of fossil sea snails with a similar name,...
- Family DiplommatinidaeDiplommatinidaeDiplommatinidae is a family of small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoridae.-Genera:*Subfamily Diplommatininae L...
- † Family FerussinidaeFerussinidae†Ferussinidae is an extinct family of operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa.- References :*...
- Family MaizaniidaeMaizaniidaeMaizaniidae is a family of minute land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea .- Genera:...
- Family MegalomastomatidaeMegalomastomatidaeMegalomastomatidae is a family of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea .This family has no subfamilies.- Genera :...
- Family NeocyclotidaeNeocyclotidaeNeocyclotidae is a family of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa belonging to the clade Caenogastropoda .-Subfamilies:Subfamilies within the family Neocyclotidae include:* subfamily Neocyclotinae Kobelt &...
- Family PupinidaePupinidaePupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea .- Taxonomy :...
- Family Cyclophoridae
- Superfamily ViviparoideaViviparoideaCyclophoroidea is a taxonomic superfamily of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the informal group Architaenioglossa, which belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda....
- Family ViviparidaeViviparidaeViviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks....
- † Family PliopholygidaePliopholygidaePliopholygidae is an extinct family of operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa.- References :*...
- Family Viviparidae
(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)