Orculidae
Family of gastropods
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Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.[1]
| Orculidae | |
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| Orcula dolium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918 |
Genera
Genera within the family Orculidae include:[2]
- Alvariella Hausdorf 1996
- † Nordsieckula Harl & Harzhauser in Harzhauser et al., 2014
- Orcula Held, 1838
- Orculella Steenberger, 1925
- Pilorcula Germain, 1912
- † Pupilorcula Steklov, 1966
- Schileykula Gittenberger, 1983
- Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837
- Synonyms
- Mesorculella Schileyko, 1976: synonym of Orculella Steenberg, 1925
- Pupula Mörch, 1852: synonym of Orcula Held, 1838
- Scyphus Cecconi, 1908: synonym of Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837