Epiphragmophora

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Order:Stylommatophora

Superfamily:Helicoidea

Epiphragmophora
Different views of a shell of Epiphragmophora clausomphalos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Xanthonychidae
Subfamily:	Epiphragmophorinae
Genus:	Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874
Synonyms
Epiphragmophora (Angrandiella) Ancey, 1886· accepted, alternate representation Epiphragmophora (Doeringina) Ihering, 1929· accepted, alternate representation Epiphragmophora (Epiphragmophora) Doering, 1875· accepted, alternate representation Epiphragmophora (Karlschmidtia) F. Haas, 1955· accepted, alternate representation Helix (Epiphragmophora) Doering, 1875 Helix (Poecilostola) Ancey, 1886 Karlschmidtia Haas, 1955

Epiphragmophora is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae.^[1]

It occurs exclusively in South America, and is distributed in Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, with isolated occurrences in southern Colombia and southern Brazil. This genus is known to be a typical component of the Andean fauna, although it inhabits elevated cloud rainforest areas and flatlands in Argentina and Bolivia.^[2]