Orthurethra

Updated on Dec 27, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Rank Suborder

Similar Elasmognatha, Eupulmonata, Sigmurethra, Amphiboloidea, Systellommatophora

Orthurethra is a clade of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.

In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subclade of Stylommatophora.

Superfamilies and families

Superfamilies and families within the clade Orthurethra:

(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)

Superfamily Partuloidea

Family Partulidae

Family Draparnaudiidae

Superfamily Achatinelloidea

Family Achatinellidae

Superfamily Cochlicopoidea

Family Cochlicopidae

Family Amastridae

Superfamily Pupilloidea

Family Pupillidae

Family Argnidae

Family Chondrinidae

† Family Cylindrellinidae

Family Lauriidae

Family Orculidae

Family Pleurodiscidae

Family Pyramidulidae

Family Spelaeodiscidae

Family Strobilopsidae

Family Valloniidae

Family Vertiginidae

Superfamily Enoidea

Family Enidae

Family Cerastidae

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