Gastrodontoidea

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca		Scientific name Gastrodontoidea Rank Superfamily

Lower classifications Euconulidae, Dupontia levis, Palaua wilsoni

Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), families in this superfamily include:

Fossil taxa probably belonging to the Gastrodontoidea are:

Subfamily † Archaeozonitinae Pfeffer, 1930

† Archaeozonites Sandberger, 1873 - type genus of Archaeozonitinae

Subfamily † Grandipatulinae Pfeffer, 1930

† Grandipatula Cossmann, 1889 - type genus of Grandipatulinae

Subfamily † Palaeoxestininae Pfeffer, 1930

† Palaeoxestina Wenz, 1919 - type genus of Palaeoxestininae

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily with the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:

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