Thyrophorellidae
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Thyrophorellidae is a family
of small air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Genera within the family Thyrophorellidae include:
The type genus is Thyrophorella
Greef, 1882.
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 small air-breathing 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, 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 superfamily Punctoidea
Punctoidea
Punctoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra....
(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
The family Thyrophorellidae has no subfamilies.Genera within the family Thyrophorellidae include:
The type genus is Thyrophorella
Thyrophorella
Thyrophorella is a genus of gastropod in the Thyrophorellidae family.It contains the following species:* Thyrophorella thomensis...
Greef, 1882.