Orculidae
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Orculidae is a family
of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snail
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pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata
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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 mostly minute, air-breathing, 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; 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...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order 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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Taxonomy
The family Orculidae contains two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Taxonomy 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...
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- Odontocycladinae Hausdorf, 1996
- Orculinae Pilsbry, 1918 - synonyms: Pagodininae Pilsbry, 1918 (inv.); Pagodulininae Pilsbry, 1924
Genera
Genera within the family Orculidae include:- Odontocycladinae Hausdorf, 1996
- Orculinae Pilsbry, 1918
- OrculaOrculaOrcula is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae.- Species :Species within the genus Orcula include:* Orcula austriaca* Orcula dolium* Orcula fuchsi...
- PagodulinaPagodulinaPagodulina is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae.- Species :Species within the genus Pgodulina include:* Pagodulina pagodula - the type species- External links :...
- SphyradiumSphyradiumSphyradium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae....
- Orcula