Streptaxoidea | |
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Gonospira uvula (Streptaxidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Streptaxoidea Gray, 1860 |
Diversity[1] | |
about 1000 species, about 60 genera |
Streptaxoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the suborder Achatinina of the order Stylommatophora.
There have been recognized the only family Streptaxidae within Streptaxoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).[2]
Sutcharit et al. (2010)[1] have established a new family Diapheridae within Streptaxoidea as follows:
Rowson et al. (2011)[3] have confirmed monophyly of Streptaxidae and Diapheridae as its sister group.[3]