Elasmognatha

Elasmognatha
Succinea putris in the Succineidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Elasmognatha
Superfamilies

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Elasmognatha is a taxonomic grouping, a clade, of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.

A number of species in this taxonomic group are endangered.

Taxonomy

In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005,[1] Elasmognatha is treated as a clade within the larger clade Stylommatophora.

The following two superfamilies and families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.