Megomphicidae

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Megomphicidae
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Three views of a shell of Glyptostoma gabrielense
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Megomphicidae
H. B. Baker, 1930
Genera

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Synonyms

Ammonitellinae Pilsbry, 1930
Polygyrellinae H. B. Baker, 1955

Megomphicidae 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).

Genera

The family Megomphicidae has no subfamilies.

Genera within the family Megomphicidae include:

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