Sphincterochilidae
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| Sphincterochilidae | |
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| Sphincterochila candidissima, near Tortosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1910)[1] |
Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
In the fossil record, Sphincterochilidae are known from the upper Eocene to the Holocene.[3]
The distribution of Sphincterochilidae includes the western-Palearctic zone.[4]
Taxonomy
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):[2]
- subfamily Sphincterochilinae Zilch, 1960 (1910) - synonyms: Calcarinidae Pallary, 1909[5] (inv.); Albeidae Pallary, 1910.[6] Sphincterochilidae is a conserved name to take the priority of Leucochroidae Westerlund, 1886.[7][2][8]
- subfamily † Pseudoleptaxinae H. Nordsieck, 1986[9]
