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Megaspiridae

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Megaspiridae
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Megaspiridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2][3]

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The family Megaspiridae has no subfamilies.[2]

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Genera

Genera within the family Megaspiridae include:

  • Callionepion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1899
  • Megaspira Lea, 1838 - type genus of the family Megaspiridae[2][3]
  • Thaumastus Albers, 1860[4][5][3] - synonym: Tholus Strebel, 1909[6][7]
Synonyms
  • Pyrgelix H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Megaspira I. Lea, 1836

References

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