Gastrodontoidea
Two live individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on the roots of orchid plants.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Tryon, 1866
Families

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Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), families in this superfamily include:

  • Gastrodontidae
  • Chronidae
  • Euconulidae
  • Oxychilidae
  • Pristilomatidae
  • Trochomorphidae
  • Fossil taxa probably belonging to the Gastrodontoidea are:
    • Subfamily † Archaeozonitinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
      • Archaeozonites Sandberger, 1873 - type genus of Archaeozonitinae
    • Subfamily † Grandipatulinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
      • Grandipatula Cossmann, 1889 - type genus of Grandipatulinae
    • Subfamily † Palaeoxestininae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
      • Palaeoxestina Wenz, 1919 - type genus of Palaeoxestininae

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily with the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:[2]

 limacoid clade 
 Staffordioidea 

Staffordiidae

 Dyakioidea 

Dyakiidae

 Gastrodontoidea 

Pristilomatidae

Chronidae

Euconulidae

Trochomorphidae

Gastrodontidae

Oxychilidae

 Parmacelloidea 

Trigonochlamydidae

Parmacellidae

Milacidae

 Zonitoidea 

Zonitidae

 Helicarionoidea 

Helicarionidae

Ariophantidae

Urocyclidae

 Limacoidea 

Vitrinidae

Boettgerillidae

Limacidae

Agriolimacidae

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pfeffer G. J. (1930). "Zur Kentniss tertiärer Landschnecken." Geologische und Paleontologische Abhandlungen new series, 17(3): 1-230., plates 1-3. page 17, page 10 and page .
  2. Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
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