Strophocheilidae
Family of gastropods
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Strophocheilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Strophocheilus oblongus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Rhytidoidei |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
| Family: | Strophocheilidae Pilsbry, 1902 |
| Type genus | |
| Strophocheilus | |
Fossil record
Genera
The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:
subfamily Strophocheilinae Pilsbry, 1902
- Austroborus Parodiz, 1949
- Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926
- Mirinaba Morretes, 1952
- Speironepion Bequaert, 1948
- Strophocheilus Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae[2]
subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973
- Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae[2]
[unassigned] Strophocheilidae (temporary name):
- † Eoborus Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970
- † Maghrebiola Kadolsky & Hammouda, 2017
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Borus Albers, 1850: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
- Coniclus Albers, 1850: synonym of Strophocheilus Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827
- Goniostomus auct.: synonym of Gonyostomus H. Beck, 1837 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Gonyostoma Swainson, 1840: synonym of Gonyostomus H. Beck, 1837
- Metara Morretes, 1955: synonym of Mirinaba Morretes, 1955
- Microborus Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Austroborus Parodiz, 1949 (unavailable, a junior homonym of Blandford, 1897 [Coleoptera])
- Phaiopharus Morretes, 1955: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
- Psiloicus Morretes, 1955: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
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