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Amphiboloidea

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Amphiboloidea
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Amphiboloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails.

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Distribution

Amphibolids are found in Indo-Pacific intertidal mangrove, saltmarsh and estuarine mudflat habitats.[1]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

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

This superfamily has contained only one family, the Amphibolidae.[2]

2007 taxonomy

Golding et al. (2007)[1] have established new families:

2010 taxonomy

Basommatophora (Siphonarioidea and Amphiboloidea and Hygrophila) have been found polyphyletic and so Jörger et al. (2010)[3] have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata.

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