| Paludomidae | |
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| Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Cleopatra ferruginea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae Stoliczka, 1868 [1] |
| Diversity [2] | |
| about 100 freshwater species | |
| Synonyms | |
Lavigeriidae Thiele, 1925 | |
Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. [3]
The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa.
The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
A nomenclator of all Paludomidae was published in 2019. [10]
Genera within the family Paludomidae include:
tribe Hauttecoeuriini
tribe Nassopsini
tribe Rumellini
tribe Spekiini
tribe Syrnolopsini
tribe Tiphobiini