- Orthurethra
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Orthurethra
Temporal range: Cretaceous–RecentVarious examples of Orthurethra Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group OrthurethraSuperfamilies See text
Orthurethra is a clade of terrestrial pulmonate gastropods (i.e. air-breathing land snails).
In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subclade of Stylommatophora.
Taxonomy
- Superfamily Partuloidea
- Family Partulidae
- Family Draparnaudiidae
- Superfamily Achatinelloidea
- Family Achatinellidae
- Superfamily Cochlicopoidea
- Family Cochlicopidae
- Family Amastridae
- Superfamily Pupilloidea
- Family Pupillidae
- Family Argnidae
- Family Chondrinidae
- † Family Cylindrellinidae
- Family Lauriidae
- Family Orculidae
- Family Pleurodiscidae
- Family Pyramidulidae
- Family Spelaeodiscidae
- Family Strobilopsidae
- Family Valloniidae
- Family Vertiginidae
- Superfamily Enoidea
- Family Enidae
- Family Cerastidae
(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)
External links
Categories: - Superfamily Partuloidea
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