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Scolodontidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rhytidoidea

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Scolodontidae

Similar
  
Charopidae, Orthalicidae, Urocoptidae, Streptaxidae, Oleacinidae

Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonategastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rhytidoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Taxonomy

The family Scolodontidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Scolodontinae H. B. Baker, 1925 - synonyms: Stenopidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (inv.); Systrophiidae Thiele, 1926; Scolodentidae H. B. Baker, 1956
  • Tamayoinae Tillier, 1980

    • Genera

    Genera within the family Scolodontidae include:

    Scolodontinae

  • Scolodonta Doering, 1875 - type genus of the family Scolodontidae
  • Systrophia Pfeiffer, 1855
  • Guestieria Crosse H., 1872
  • Happia Bourguignat, 1889
  • Miradiscops Baker, [1925]

    • Tamayoinae

  • Tamayoa H. B. Baker, 1925 - type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae

    • ? subfamily

  • Hirtudiscus Hylton-Scott, 1973

    • References

    Scolodontidae Wikipedia
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