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Strophocheilidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Strophocheilidae

Higher classification
  
Stylommatophora

Superfamily
  
Acavoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Strophocheilidae

Similar
  
Megalobulimus, Gastropods, Molluscs, Megalobulimus oblongus, Charopidae

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

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Fossil record

The genus Eoborus is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin) and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin).

Genera

The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:

subfamily Strophocheilinae Pilsbry, 1902

  • Anthinus Albers, 1850
  • Austroborus Parodiz, 1949
  • Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926
  • Gonyostomus Beck, 1837
  • Mirinaba Morretes, 1952
  • Speironepion Bequaert, 1948
  • Strophocheilus Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae

    • subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973

  • genus Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae
  • † genus Eoborus Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970

    • References

    Strophocheilidae Wikipedia
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