Orthurethra

Clade of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orthurethra is a clade of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.

Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Helicina
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Orthurethra
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent
Various examples of Orthurethra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Orthurethra
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In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subclade of Stylommatophora.

In the revised taxonomy of 2017 this taxon is no longer supported and has been replaced by the infraorder Pupilloidei.[1]

Superfamilies and families

Superfamilies and families within the clade Orthurethra:

(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)

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