Rank Superfamily | Clade Heterobranchia | |
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Similar Urocoptidae, Cerion, Orthalicidae, Bulimulidae, Sigmurethra | ||
Urocoptoidea is a superfamily of land snails, gastropods in the informal group Sigmurethra.
Families
In 2005, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, the families Urocoptidae and Cerionidae were classified within the superfamily Orthalicoidea .
In 2008, the superfamily Urocoptoidea was established by the malacologist Uit de Weerd, based on molecular phylogeny research.
In 2012, Thompson established a new family, the Epirobiidae.
Thus as of 2012, there are three families within the superfamily Urocoptoidea:
References
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