Neocyclotidae
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Neocyclotidae is a family
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 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 with gill
Gill
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water, afterward excreting carbon dioxide. The gills of some species such as hermit crabs have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist...

s and 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 informal group Architaenioglossa
Architaenioglossa
Architaenioglossa is a taxonomic group of snails which have gills and often an operculum. They are primarily land and freshwater gastropod mollusks within the clade Caenogastropoda....

 belonging to the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...

 Caenogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Caenogastropoda is a taxonomic clade of a large diverse group of mostly marine gastropods.Caenogastropoda contains a majority of the families of shelled marine molluscs including such families as the periwinkles, cowries, wentletraps, moon snails, and cone snails.About 60% of all living gastropods...

 (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...

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Subfamilies

Subfamilies within the family Neocyclotidae include:
  • subfamily Neocyclotinae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897 - synonym: Poteriinae Thiele, 1929; Crocidopomatinae F. G. Thompson, 1967; Dicristidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
  • subfamily Amphicyclotinae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897 - synonym: Aperostomatinae H. B. Baker, 1922

Genera

Genera in the family Neocyclotidae include:

subfamily Neocyclotinae
  • Crocidopoma
    Crocidopoma
    Crocidopoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Neocyclotidae.- Species :Species within the genus Crocidopoma include:* Crocidopoma gunglachi Torre & Bartsch, 1942...

    Shuttleworth, 1856
  • Dicrista F. G. Thompson, 1969
  • Neocyclotus Fischer & Crosse, 1886 - type genus of the subfamily Neocyclotidae
  • Poteria
    Poteria
    Poteria is a genus of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Neocyclotidae.- Species :Species within the genus Poteria include:* Poteria fasciatum* Poteria translucida...

    Gray, 1850


subfamily Amphicyclotinae
  • Amphicyclotus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1879 - type genus of the family Amphicyclotinae
  • Aperostoma Troschel, 1847


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  • Amphicyclotulus
    Amphicyclotulus
    Amphicyclotus is a genus of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoridae ....

    Kobelt, 1912
  • Austrocyclotus
  • Barbacyclus
  • Calaperostoma
  • Cycladamsia
  • Cycloadamsia
  • Cyclobakeria
  • Cyclochittya
  • Cyclojamaicia
  • Cyclopilsbrya
  • Cyclovendreysia
  • Farcimoides
  • Gassiesia
  • Gonatoraphe
  • Incerticyclus
    Incerticyclus
    Incerticyclus is a genus of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks. They are a part of the informal group Architaenioglossa, belonging to the clade Caenogastropoda .-Species:Species within the genus Incerticyclus include:* Incerticyclus cinereus*...

  • Incidostoma
  • Kondoraphe
    Kondoraphe
    Kondoraphe is a genus of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Neocyclotidae....

  • Lagocyclus
  • Lithacaspis
  • Mexcyclotus
  • Ostodes
  • Paramiella
    Paramiella
    Paramiella is a genus of land snails with gills and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae.-Species:Species within the genus Paramiella include:* Paramiella incisa* Paramiella kondoi...

  • Ptychocochlis
  • Rugicyclotus
  • Tomocyclus
  • Xenocyclus
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