Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Rank Family | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Helicoidea | |
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Similar Cepolidae, Humboldtianidae, Epiphragmophoridae, Dorcasiidae | ||
Monadeniidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies.
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Anatomy
This family is defined by an absent diverticulum. The species have one dart apparatus, a stylophore (dart sac), one mucus gland, with a muscular duct that is inserted at base of the dart sac.
Genera
Genera within the family Modaneiidae include:
References
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