Megalomastomatidae
Encyclopedia
Megalomastomatidae is a family
of tropical land snails with an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
This family has no subfamilies.
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 tropical land snails 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 Cyclophoroidea
Cyclophoroidea
Cyclophoroidea is a superfamily of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropods within the informal group Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda....
(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 has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Megalomastomatidae include:- FarcimenFarcimenFarcimen is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Megalomastomatidae.- Species :Species within the genus Farcimen include:* Farcimen alutaceum...
Troschel, 1847 - Hainesia L. Pfeffer, 1856
- Megalostoma Swainson, 1840 - the type genus of the family Megalomastomatidae
- Neopupina Kobelt, 1902