Sphincterochilidae | |
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Sphincterochila candidissima, near Tortosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1910) [1] |
Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [2]
In the fossil record, Sphincterochilidae are known from the upper Eocene to the Holocene. [3]
The distribution of Sphincterochilidae includes the western-Palearctic zone. [4]
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): [2]
Genera within the family Sphincterochilidae include:
Sphincterochilinae
† Pseudoleptaxinae
Sphincterochilidae land snails are xerothermophilous, i.e. they are well adapted to hot, arid places. [3]
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