Craspedopomatidae
Encyclopedia
Craspedopomatidae is a family
of very small land snail
s with a gill and an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa
belonging to the clade
Caenogastropoda
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
This family is not to be confused with the family of fossil sea snails with a similar name, Craspedostomatidae
.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of very small land snail
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 with a gill and 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...
, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa
Architaenioglossa
Architaenioglossa is a taxonomic group of snails which have gills and often an operculum. They are primarily land and freshwater gastropod mollusks within the clade Caenogastropoda....
belonging to 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...
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by 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...
).
This family is not to be confused with the family of fossil sea snails with a similar name, Craspedostomatidae
Craspedostomatidae
Craspedostomatidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine, gastropod mollusks in the clade Neritimorpha.- Genera :* Craspedostoma** Craspedostoma elegantulum** Craspedostoma filistriatum** Craspedostoma fugitivum...
.
Genera
Genera in this family include:- Craspedopoma Pfeiffer, 1847, the type genusType genusIn biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
- Craspedopoma neritoides (Lowe, 1860) http://www.ne.jp/asahi/dexter/sinister/gallery/species/CraNer.html
- Craspedopoma mucronatum Menke, K.T., 1830
- Craspedopoma hespericum (Morelet et Drouet, 1857)