Rank Superfamily | Scientific name Amphiboloidea Higher classification Gastropods | |
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Lower classifications Salinator, Amphibola crenata |
Amphiboloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails.
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2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), it is a superfamily in the informal group Basommatophora, within the Pulmonata.
This superfamily has contained only one family, the Amphibolidae.
2007 taxonomy
Golding et al. (2007) have established new families:
2010 taxonomy
Basommatophora (Siphonarioidea and Amphiboloidea and Hygrophila) have been found polyphyletic and so Jörger et al. (2010) have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata.
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