Pupilloidea
Encyclopedia
The Pupilloidea are a superfamily
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the informal group Orthurethra
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Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of air-breathing 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, 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 Orthurethra
Orthurethra
Orthurethra is a clade of terrestrial pulmonate gastropods .In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subclade of Stylommatophora.- Taxonomy :...
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Taxonomy
This superfamily contains the following families:- Family PupillidaePupillidaePupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
- Family ArgnidaeArgnidaeArgnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Distribution :Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains.- Taxonomy :...
- Family ChondrinidaeChondrinidaeChondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....
- † Family CylindrellinidaeCylindrellinidae†Cylindrellinidae is an extinct family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Cylindrellinidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family...
- Family LauriidaeLauriidaeLauriidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Lauriidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family Lauriidae has no...
- Family OrculidaeOrculidaeOrculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.- Taxonomy :...
- Family Pleurodiscidae
- Family PyramidulidaePyramidulidaePyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....
- Family Spelaeoconchidae
- Family SpelaeodiscidaeSpelaeodiscidaeSpelaeodiscidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Spelaeodiscidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family Spelaeodiscidae has...
- Family StrobilopsidaeStrobilopsidaeStrobilopsidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Taxonomy :...
- Family ValloniidaeValloniidaeValloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.-Anatomy:...
- Family VertiginidaeVertiginidaeVertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...