Megomphicidae

Megomphicidae
Megomphicidae
Three views of a shell of Glyptostoma gabrielense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Megomphicidae
H. B. Baker, 1930
Genera

See text

Synonyms

Ammonitellinae Pilsbry, 1930
Polygyrellinae H. B. Baker, 1955

Megomphicidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

The family Megomphicidae has no subfamilies.

Genera within the family Megomphicidae include: [1]

  • Ammonitella J. G. Cooper, 1868
  • Glyptostoma Bland and W. G. Binney, 1873
  • Megomphix H. B. Baker, 1930
  • Polygyrella W. G. Binney, 1863
  • Polygyroidea Pilsbry, 1930

References