Amphibolidae

Amphibolidae is a family of air-breathing snails with opercula, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.

Amphibolidae
A shell of the mud-flat snail, Amphibola crenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Heterobranchia
Superfamily:Amphiboloidea
Family:Amphibolidae
J. E. Gray, 1840
Genera

See text.

Diversity[1]
4 genera, 12 species
Synonyms[2]

This family of pulmonate gastropods, for breathe air, but also have opercula and at least some species go through a free-swimming veliger stage.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), it was an only family within a superfamily Amphiboloidea in the informal group Basommatophora, within the Pulmonata.[2]

2010 taxonomy

Jörger et al. (2010)[3] have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata.

Genera

Genera and species within the family Amphibolidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Ampullacera Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817
  • Thallicera Swainson, 1840: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817

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