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The Rhytidoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrialgastropodmollusks in the suborder Helicina. The former taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986. TaxonomyFamilies within the superfamily Rhytidoidea are as follows: AcavidaePilsbry, 1895CaryodidaeConnolly, 1915ClavatoridaeThiele, 1926DorcasiidaeConnolly, 1915MacrocyclidaeThiele, 1926MegomphicidaeH. B. Baker, 1930OdontostomidaePilsbry & Vanatta, 1898Rhytididae Pilsbry, 1893 StrophocheilidaePilsbry, 1902† H.

Taxonomy (biology)In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greekτάξις (taxis)'arrangement' and -νομία (-nomia)'method') is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Modern approaches prioritize common ancestry and evolutionary relationships. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon), and these groups are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus crea...

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