Megalomastomatidae

Megalomastomatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Megalomastomatidae
Synonyms[2]

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).[2]

This family has no subfamilies.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Megalomastomatidae include:

  • Farcimen Troschel, 1847[5]
  • Hainesia L. Pfeffer, 1856[2][6]
  • Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840 - the type genus of the family Megalomastomatidae[2]
  • Neopupina Kobelt, 1902[2]

References

  1. ↑ Blanford W. (1864). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 3, 13: 465.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ↑ Kobelt W. (1902). Das Tierreich 16: 261.
  4. ↑ Thiele J. (1929). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(1): 103.
  5. ↑ "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Megalomastomatidae". Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 March 2011.


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