Thysanophoridae
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Family: | Thysanophoridae |
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Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
These are common woodland snails of North America. They also occur in a few recorded spots in South America.
This family is defined by the absence of both a diverticulum and a stimulatory organ.
Subfamilies[]
There are no subfamilies in Thysanophoridae.
Genera[]
Genera within the family Thysanophoridae include:
- H. B. Baker, 1926
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- Microphysula Cockerell, 1926 - Spruce snails
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- Thysanophora Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus
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References[]
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. 1926 (5 August). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 78: 57-126, plates 9-10, Thysanophoridae at p. 107.
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