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Glacidorbidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Family

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Superfamily
  
Glacidorboidea Ponder, 1986

Similar
  
Amphiboloidea, Valvatoidea, Trimusculus, Elasmognatha, Systellommatophora

The Glacidorbidae is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Panpulmonata.

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2005 taxonomy

Glacidorbidae is the only family in the superfamily Glacidorboidea. Glacidorboidea has been classified within the informal group Lower Heterobranchia in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).

2010 taxonomy

Jörger et al. (2010) redefined the major groups within the Heterobranchia; they moved Glacidorboidea to Panpulmonata.

Genera

Genera within the family Glacidorbidae include:

  • Glacidorbis Iredale, 1943 – the type genus
  • Gondwanorbis Ponder, 1986
  • Benthodorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000
  • Striadorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000
  • Tasmodorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000

    • References

    Glacidorbidae Wikipedia
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