Gastrodontoidea
Appearance
Gastrodontoidea | |
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Two live individuals ofZonitoides arboreuson the roots oforchidplants. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea Tryon,1866 |
Families | |
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Gastrodontoideais ataxonomicsuperfamilyof air-breathingland snails,terrestrialpulmonategastropodmollusksin thelimacoid clade.
Taxonomy
[edit]According to thetaxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005),families in this superfamily include:
- Gastrodontidae
- Chronidae
- Euconulidae
- Oxychilidae
- Pristilomatidae
- Trochomorphidae
- Fossil taxa probably belonging to the Gastrodontoidea are:
- Subfamily †ArchaeozonitinaePfeffer, 1930[1]
- †ArchaeozonitesSandberger, 1873 - type genus of Archaeozonitinae
- Subfamily †GrandipatulinaePfeffer, 1930[1]
- †GrandipatulaCossmann, 1889 - type genus of Grandipatulinae
- Subfamily †PalaeoxestininaePfeffer, 1930[1]
- †PalaeoxestinaWenz, 1919 - type genus of Palaeoxestininae
- Subfamily †ArchaeozonitinaePfeffer, 1930[1]
Cladogram
[edit]The followingcladogramshows thephylogenicrelationships of this superfamily with the other superfamilies and families within thelimacoid clade:[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcPfeffer G. J.(1930). "Zur Kentniss tertiärer Landschnecken."Geologische und Paleontologische Abhandlungennew series,17(3): 1-230., plates 1-3. page 17, page 10 and page.
- ^Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal".Journal of Biogeography27(2): 379-390.doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x,JSTOR.