Amphibolidae

Taxobox
name = Amphibolidae


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status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
superfamilia = Amphiboloidea
familia = Amphibolidae
familia_authority = J. E. Gray, 1840
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision = See text.

Amphibolidae is a family of gastropod molluscs. The family is considered to be among the most primitive of the pulmonate gastropods, for although amphibolids breathe air, they also have opercula and at least some species go through a free-swimming veliger stage.

Genera and species in the family Amphibolidae

* "Amphibola" Schumacher, 1817 (containing the sole species "Amphibola crenata")
* "Lactiforis"
* "Naranjia"
* "Salinator" Hedley, 1900

References

* [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01476p050f.pdf Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata), Rosemary E. Golding, Winston F. Ponder & Maria Byrne, Zootaxa, 2007]
* WikiSpecies