Pyramidulidae

Pyramidulidae
Five shells of Pyramidula rupestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Pyramidulidae
Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1914
Genera

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Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Pyramidulidae include:

References

  1. ↑ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.


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