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Elasmognatha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Suborder

Elasmognatha httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Orthurethra, Amphiboloidea, Glacidorbidae, Valvatoidea, Trimusculus

Elasmognatha is a taxonomic grouping, a clade, of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.

A number of species in this taxonomic group are endangered.

Taxonomy

In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Elasmognatha is treated as a clade within the larger clade Stylommatophora.

The following two superfamilies and families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • superfamily Succineoidea
  • family Succineidae
  • superfamily Athoracophoroidea
  • family Athoracophoridae
  • References

    Elasmognatha Wikipedia