Plectopyloidea
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Plectopyloidea is a taxonomic superfamily
of air-breathing land snail
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pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra
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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...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra
Sigmurethra
Sigmurethra is a taxonomic category of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. This is an Informal Group which includes the majority of land snails and slugs....
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Families
The superfamily Plectopyloidea consists of the following families (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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- Family PlectopylidaePlectopylidaePlectopylidae is a taxonomic family of large air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plectopyloidea.This family has no subfamilies ....
Möllendorff, 1898 - Family CorillidaeCorillidaeCorilla is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plectopyloidea.Corilla is the only genus in the family Corillidae Corilla is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily...
Pilsbry, 1905 - with only one genus Corilla - Family SculptariidaeSculptariidaeSculptaria is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plectopyloidea.Sculptaria is the only genus in the family Sculptariidae. This family has no subfamilies .- Description :The shell is small, discoidal, carinated, widely umbilicated...
Degner, 1923 - with only one genus Sculptaria
Further reading
- McMichael, D.F. 1959. A new genus and species of land snail from Nth. Queensland. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1: 31–32 [13 Nov. 1959]
- Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 pp. xii 408.
- Solem, A. 1973. Craterodiscus McMichael, 1959, a camaenid land shell from Queensland. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 377–385
- Solem, A. 1973. Convergence in pulmonate radulae. The Veliger 15: 165–171
- Stanisic, J. 1998. Family Corillidae. pp. 1110–1112 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5 Part B pp. 565–1234.
- Tillier, S. 1989. Comparative morphology, phylogeny and classification of land snails and slugs (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). Malacologia 30: 1–303