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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Rhytidoidei
Superfamilia: Rhytidoidea

Familia: Caryodidae
Genera (7): AnoglyptaBrazierestaCaryodesHedleyellaPandofellaPedinogyraPygmipanda
Name

Caryodidae Connolly, 1915
Synonyms

Anoglyptidae Iredale, 1937
Hedleyellidae Iredale, 1937
Pedinogyridae Iredale, 1937

References

Thiele, J. 1926. Mollusca = Weichtiere. In: W. Kükenthal & T. Krumbach, eds., Handbuch der Zoologie 5(2): 145.
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Caryodidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Caryodidae 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).

This family is endemic to eastern Australia.[2]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family was previously treated as a subfamily of the family Acavidae.[2]
Genera

The family Caryodidae has no subfamilies.

Genera and species within this family include:

Anoglypta Martens, 1860[2]
Brazieresta Iredale, 1933[2]
Caryodes Albers, 1850[2] - type genus
Hedleyella Iredale, 1914[2]
Pandofella Iredale, 1933[2]
Pedinogyra Albers, 1860[2]
Pedinogyra allani Iredale, 1937
Pedinogyra effossa Iredale, 1937
Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
Pedinogyra minor (Mousson, 1869)
Pedinogyra hayii (Reeve, 1852)
Pedinogyra rotabilis (Reeve, 1852)
Pygmipanda Iredale, 1933[2] includes Pygmipanda atomata

References

Connolly M. (1915). "Notes on South African Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum 13: 99-178. plates 2-4, page 126.

Family CARYODIDAE Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 30 September 2010.

Further reading

Murphy M. J. (2002). "Observations on the behaviour of the Australian land snail Hedleyella falconeri (Grey, 1834) (Pulmonata : Caryodidae) using the spool-and-line tracking technique". Molluscan Research 22(2): 149-164. doi:10.1071/MR02007, PDF.

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