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Rhytidoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Superfamily

Scientific name
  
Rhytidoidea

Higher classification
  
Gastropods

Rhytidoidea

Lower classifications
  
Rhytididae, Powelliphanta, Paryphanta, Rhytida, Wainuia edwardi

The Rhytidoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.

This taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986.

Taxonomy

Families within the superfamily Rhytidoidea are as follows:

  • Family Rhytididae Pilsbry, 1893
  • Family Chlamydephoridae Cockerell, 1935
  • Family Haplotrematidae H.B. Baker, 1925
  • Family Scolodontidae H.B. Baker, 1925
  • References

    Rhytidoidea Wikipedia