Biology:Megaspiridae
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Short description: Family of gastropods
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Megaspiridae Pilsbry, 1904[1] |
Megaspiridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2][3]
The family Megaspiridae has no subfamilies.[2]
Genera
Genera within the family Megaspiridae include:
- Callionepion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1899
- Megaspira Lea, 1838 - type genus of the family Megaspiridae[2][3]
- Thaumastus Albers, 1860[4][5][3] - synonym: Tholus Strebel, 1909[6][7]
- Synonyms
- Pyrgelix H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Megaspira I. Lea, 1836
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1904) Manual of Conchology Volume 16. Urocoptidae, Achatinidae. (2)16(63): 175.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
- ↑ Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Biota Colombiana 9 (1): 39–62. http://www.siac.net.co/biota/bitstream/123456789/245/1/malacofauna.pdf.
- ↑ Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. abstract.
- ↑ Abbott R. T. (1989). Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc., Melbourne, Florida. ISBN:0-915826-23-2
- ↑ Breure A. S. H. (1979). "Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulinae (Mollusca)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 168: 1-215, figs 1-182, pls. 1-3, tables 1-5. PDF.
Wikidata ☰ Q6808875 entry
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