Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Orthalicoidea Rank Family | Class Gastropoda Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Odontostomidae, Bulimulidae, Orthalicidae, Simpulopsis, Drymaeus | ||
Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails, semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
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Distribution
Distribution of the family Amphibulimidae include northern part of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador), Central America and the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique).
2005 taxonomy
This taxon was placed as a subfamily Amphibuliminae within the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). There was classified also semi-slug Peltella Gray, 1855 within Amphibuliminae and Peltellinae Gray, 1855 was considered as a synonym of Amphibuliminae.
2010 taxonomy
Breure et al. (2010) elevated Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.
2012 taxonomy
Breure & Romero (2012) removed Peltella to subfamily Peltellinae within Bulimulidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Amphibulimidae include: