Orculidae is a
family
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of mostly minute, air-breathing,
land snails;
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Pupilloidea
Pupilloidea is a superfamily of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the infraorder '' Pupilloidei'' .
Taxonomy
This superfamily contains the following families:
* Achatinellidae Gulick, 1873
* Ag ...
.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842724 on 2021-11-26]
Genera
Genera within the family Orculidae include:
[Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)'' (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 125 (1/2): 1-86.]
* ''
Alvariella''
Hausdorf 1996
* † ''
Nordsieckula''
Harl & Harzhauser in Harzhauser et al., 2014
* ''
Orcula''
Held, 1838
* ''
Orculella''
Steenberger, 1925
* ''
Pilorcula''
Germain, 1912
* † ''
Pupilorcula''
Steklov, 1966
* ''
Schileykula''
Gittenberger, 1983
* ''
Sphyradium''
Charpentier, 1837
;Synonyms:
* ''Mesorculella''
Schileyko, 1976: synonym of ''Orculella''
Steenberg, 1925
* ''Pupula''
Mörch, 1852: synonym of ''Orcula''
Held, 1838
* ''Scyphus''
Cecconi, 1908: synonym of ''Sphyradium''
Charpentier, 1837
References
External links
J., Haring E., Asami T., Sittenthaler M., Sattmann H. & Páll-Gergely B. (2017). Molecular systematics of the land snail family Orculidae reveal paraphyly and deep splits within the clade Orthurethra (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(4): 778-794
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