Cylindrellinidae
| Cylindrellinidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Pulmonata |
| (unranked): | clade Stylommatophora clade Orthurethra |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | †Cylindrellinidae Zilch, 1959 |
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†Cylindrellinidae is an extinct family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Taxonomy
The Cylindrellinidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Cylindrellinidae consists of the following subfamilies:
References
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