The Rhytidoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the suborder Helicina. [1]
| Rhytidoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Powelliphanta "Augustus" | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea Pilsbry, 1893 |
| Families | |
See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Acavoidea | |
The former taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986.[2]
Taxonomy
Families within the superfamily Rhytidoidea are as follows:
- Acavidae Pilsbry, 1895
- Caryodidae Connolly, 1915
- Clavatoridae Thiele, 1926
- Dorcasiidae Connolly, 1915
- Macrocyclidae Thiele, 1926
- Megomphicidae H. B. Baker, 1930
- Rhytididae Pilsbry, 1893
- Strophocheilidae Pilsbry, 1902
References
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526