Megalomastomatidae

Megalomastomatidae
Megalomastomatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Megalomastomatidae
Blanford, 1864[1]
Synonyms[4]

Megalomastomatidae is a family of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4]

This family has no subfamilies.[4]

Genera

Genera within the family Megalomastomatidae include:

  • Farcimen Troschel, 1847[5]
  • Hainesia L. Pfeffer, 1856[4][6]
  • Megalostoma Swainson, 1840 - the type genus of the family Megalomastomatidae[4]
  • Neopupina Kobelt, 1902[4]

References

  1. ^ Blanford W. (1864). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 3, 13: 465.
  2. ^ Kobelt W. (1902). Das Tierreich 16: 261.
  3. ^ Thiele J. (1929). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(1): 103.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
  5. ^ "Mollusca". Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Megalomastomatidae". Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 March 2011.

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