Amphibulimidae
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| Amphibulimidae | |
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| Amphibulima patula dominicensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae P. Fischer, 1873 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| From 17 (including Peltella) to at least 80 species (Amphibulima 4 species, Dryptus at least ~7 species, Gaeotis at least 1 species, Pellicula at least 1 species, Plekocheilus at least ~67 species) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873 | |
Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.[3][4]
Amphibulimidae lives across the northern part of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador), Central America and the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique).[5]
Taxonomy
2005
This taxon was placed as a subfamily Amphibuliminae within the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[6] There was classified also semi-slug Peltella Gray, 1855 within Amphibuliminae and Peltellinae Gray, 1855 was considered as a synonym of Amphibuliminae.[6]
2010
Breure et al. (2010)[3] elevated Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.[3]
2012
Breure & Romero (2012)[4] removed Peltella to subfamily Peltellinae within Bulimulidae.[4]
