Maizaniidae
Encyclopedia
Maizaniidae is a family
of minute land snail
s with an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Other genera are:
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 minute 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 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...
).
Genera
Genera within the family Maizaniidae include:- Maizania Bourguignat, 1889, the type genus of the family
Other genera are:
- Craspedopoma Pfeiffer, 1847
- Maizania Bourguignat, 1889
- Maizaniella Bequaert and Clench, 1836
- Neomaizania Van Bruggen, 1985
- Thomeomaizania Bequeart and Clench, 1936