- Chlamydephoridae
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Chlamydephoridae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Rhytidoidea Family: Chlamydephoridae Genera See text
Synonyms Aperidae Möllendorff, 1903
Chlamydephoridae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
These snails are presumed to be true carnivores. [1]
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Taxonomy
The Chlamydephoridae family is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Chlamydephoridae has no subfamilies.
Genera
This is a monogeneric family, in other words, there is only one genus in it: [2]
- Chlamydephorus Binney, 1875 - the type genus
- Apera Heynemann, 1885[1]
References
- ^ Heynemann (1885). Jahrb. dtsch. malak. Ges. 12: 20.
Further reading
- Watson H. (1915) "Studies on carnivorous slugs of South Africa". African Invertebrates. 107-267 + plates VII-XXIV.
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