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Clausilioidea

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Clausilioidea
Cochlodina laminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Clausilioidei
Superfamily: Clausilioidea
J. E. Gray, 1855

The Clausilioidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.[1]

This classification was based on different studies dealing with the Clausiliidae, published by H. Nordsieck in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1994, 1997 and 1998.

Taxonomy

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References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  • Gray, J. E. (1855). Catalogue of Pulmonata or air-breathing Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum, Part I. Taylor & Francis, London. 192 pp.