| Tylidae | |
|---|---|
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| Tylos punctatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Infraorder: | Tylomorpha Vandel, 1943 [1] |
| Family: | Tylidae Dana, 1852 [2] |
| Genera | |
Tylidae is a family of woodlice. It contains approximately 27 species, all but one in the genus Tylos , the other being Helleria brevicornis . Together with the family Ligiidae, Tylidae appears to have diverged early from the remaining woodlouse families. [3]
