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Dorcasiidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Acavoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Dorcasiidae

Rank
  
Family

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Dorcasiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Contents

The family Dorcasiidae has no subfamilies.

Distribution

Found in southern Africa.

Genera

Genera within the family Dorcasiidae include:

  • Dorcasia Gray, 1838 - the type genus of the family Dorcasiidae
  • Trigonephrus Pilsbry, 1905
  • Tulbaghinia Melvill & Ponsonby, 1898
  • References

    Dorcasiidae Wikipedia