Cyclodontinidae

Cyclodontinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Cyclodontinidae Salvador & Breure, 2023
Genera
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Cyclodontinidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs belonging to the superfamily Orthalicoidea. ^[1]

Genera

• Bahiensis Jousseaume, 1877
• Burringtonia Parodiz, 1944
• Clessinia Doering, 1875
• Cyclodontina H. Beck, 1837
• Moricandia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
• Plagiodontes Doering, 1877
• Ventania Parodiz, 1940

Synonyms

• EuodontostomusHolmberg, 1912: synonym of SpixiaPilsbry & Vanatta, 1898: synonym of ClessiniaDoering, 1875
• ScalarinellaDohrn, 1875: synonym of ClessiniaDoering, 1875
• SpixiaPilsbry & Vanatta, 1898: synonym of ClessiniaDoering, 1875
• SpixinellaHylton Scott, 1952: synonym of SpixiaPilsbry & Vanatta, 1898: synonym of ClessiniaDoering, 1875

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyclodontinidae Salvador & Breure, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1671476 on 2025-08-19

External links

• Salvador, R. B.; Silva, F. S.; Cavallari, D. C.; Köhler, F.; Slapcinsky, J.; Breure, A. S. H. (2023). "Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises". PLOS ONE. 18 (7): 15. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1888533S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288533 . PMC   10370776 . PMID   37494326.