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Epirobiidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Urocoptoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Heterobranchia

Rank
  
Family

Similar
  
Humboldtianidae, Praticolella, Humboldtiana, Carychiinae, Helminthoglyptidae

Epirobiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea.

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Taxonomy

The American malacologist Fred G. Thompson established the family Epirobiidae in 2012 for five genera of snails (Epirobia, Propilsbrya, Pectinistemma, Gyrocion, Prionoloplax), which were previously placed within the family Urocoptidae.

Genera

Genera in the family Epirobiidae include:

  • Epirobia Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus of the family Epirobiidae, 13 species
  • Propilsbrya Bartsch, 1906 - two species
  • Pectinistemma Rehder, 1940 - five species
  • Gyrocion Pilsbry, 1904 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Gyrocion mirabilis (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Prionoloplax Pilsbry, 1953 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Prionoloplax odontoplax (Pilsbry, 1953)

    • References

    Epirobiidae Wikipedia
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