Vitrinidae

Taxobox
name = Vitrinidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
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ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
infraordo = Stylommatophora
superfamilia = Limacoidea
familia = Vitrinidae
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Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.

Taxonomy

The Vitrinidae family is classified within the "Limacoid clade", itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

The family Vitrinidae consists of the following subfamilies:

Genera

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