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Achatinoidea
Superfamily of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Achatinoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the suborder Achatinina.[1][2]
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2005 taxonomy
According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 there are four families within the superfamily Achatinoidea,[3] that is based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986.[3][4]
- Family Achatinidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883
- Family Micractaeonidae Schileyko, 1999
- Family Subulinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
2017 taxonomy
Fontanilla et al. recognized Subulinidae as not monophyletic in 2017 and they classified Subulininae within Achatinidae.[5] This is also the taxonomy followed in the MolluscaBase/World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):[1][2]
- Family Achatinidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Aillyidae H. B. Baker, 1955
- Family Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883
- Family Micractaeonidae Schileyko, 1999
References
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