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: Orthalicoidei
Superfamilia: Orthalicoidea
Familia: Megaspiridae
Genera (3): Callionepion – Megaspira – Thaumastus
Name
Megaspiridae Pilsbry, 1904
References
Breure, A.S.H.; Ablett, J.D. 2015. Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. ZooKeys, 470: 17–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.470.8548 Open access. Reference page.
Links
Megaspiridae in the World Register of Marine Species
Megaspiridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2][3]
The family Megaspiridae has no subfamilies.[2]
Genera
Genera within the family Megaspiridae include:
Callionepion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1899
Megaspira Lea, 1838 - type genus of the family Megaspiridae[2][3]
Thaumastus Albers, 1860[4][5][3] - synonym: Tholus Strebel, 1909[6][7]
Synonyms
Pyrgelix H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Megaspira I. Lea, 1836
References
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Pilsbry H. A. (1904) Manual of Conchology Volume 16. Urocoptidae, Achatinidae. (2)16(63): 175.
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. abstract.
Abbott R. T. (1989). Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc., Melbourne, Florida. ISBN 0-915826-23-2
Breure A. S. H. (1979). "Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulinae (Mollusca)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 168: 1-215, figs 1-182, pls. 1-3, tables 1-5. PDF.
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