Diplommatinidae
Encyclopedia
Diplommatinidae is a family
of small land snail
s with an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoridae
.
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 small 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...
s with 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 superfamily Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae 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...
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Genera
- Subfamily Diplommatininae L. Pfeiffer, 1857
- DiplommatinaDiplommatinaDiplommatina is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae. This genus includes hundreds of described species and several subgenera...
- OpisthostomaOpisthostomaOpisthostoma is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.-Species:Species in the genus Opisthostoma include:subgenus Plectostoma* Opisthostoma everettii...
- subgenus Plectostoma
- PalainaPalainaPalaina is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.-Species:Species in the genus Palaina include:* Palaina albata* Palaina dimorpha* Palaina dohrni...
- Diplommatina
- Subfamily Cochlostomatinae Kobelt, 1902
- CochlostomaCochlostomaCochlostoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.- Description :Mantle caves work as pulmones. The operculum is horny. The shell has several whorls. The penis is above right feeler. Sexual dimorphism is often recognisable at the...
- Toffolettia Giusti, 1971
- Cochlostoma
- Subfamily unknown
- MalariniaMalariniaMalarinia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.-References:*...
- Malarinia