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Familia: Strophocheilidae
Subfamiliae (2): Megalobuliminae – Strophocheilinae

Genera Incertae sedis (2): †Eoborus – †Maghrebiola
Overview of genera (8 + 2†)

Anthinus – Austroborus – Chiliborus – Gonyostomus – Megalobulimus – Mirinaba – Speironepion – Strophocheilus – †Eoborus – †Maghrebiola
Name

Strophocheilidae Pilsbry, 1902
References

Pilsbry, H.A. 1902 (1902-1903). Manual of Conchology, Second Series: Pulmonata 15 : iv.
Bouchet, P. & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 267.

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Strophocheilidae in the World Register of Marine Species

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]

Fossil record

The genus Eoborus is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin)[1][3] and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin).[4]
Genera

The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:

subfamily Strophocheilinae Pilsbry, 1902

Anthinus Albers, 1850
Austroborus Parodiz, 1949
Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926
Gonyostomus Beck, 1837
Mirinaba Morretes, 1952
Speironepion Bequaert, 1948
Strophocheilus Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae[2]

subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973

genus Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae[2]
† genus Eoborus Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970

References

Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (1 June 2012). "New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology. 141 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050.
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001.
Martínez, Sergio; Veroslavsky, Gerardo; Verde, Mariano (12 June 2017). "Primer registro del Paleoceno en el Uruguay: paleosuelos calcáreos fosilíferos en la cuenca de Santa Lucía" [irst Paleocene record in Uruguay: fossiliferous calcareous paleosols in the Santa Lucía basin]. Revista Brasileira de Geociências (in Spanish). 27 (3): 292–302.

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