Amphiboloidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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::summary Superfamily of gastropods ::
| name = Amphiboloidea | image = Amphibola crenata shell.jpg | image_caption = A drawing of the shell and operculum of Amphibola crenata | taxon = Amphiboloidea | authority = J. E. Gray, 1840 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision =
- Amphibolidae
- Maningrididae
- Phallomedusidae | diversity_ref = | diversity_link = #Taxonomy | diversity = 15 species
Amphiboloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails.
Distribution
Amphibolids are found in Indo-Pacific intertidal mangrove, saltmarsh and estuarine mudflat habitats.
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), it is a superfamily in the informal group Basommatophora, within the Pulmonata.
This superfamily has contained only one family, the Amphibolidae.
2007 taxonomy
Golding et al. (2007) have established new families:
- Maningrididae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 - with the only species Maningrida arnhemensis
- Phallomedusidae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
2010 taxonomy
Basommatophora (Siphonarioidea and Amphiboloidea and Hygrophila) have been found polyphyletic and so Jörger et al. (2010) have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata.
References
References
- {{Bouchet 2005
- Golding R. E., Ponder W. F. & Byrne M. (2007). "Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata)". ''[[Zootaxa]]'' '''1476''': 1-50. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01476p050f.pdf abstract].
- Jörger K. M., Stöger I., Kano Y., Fukuda H., Knebelsberger T. & Schrödl M. (2010). "On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia". ''[[BMC Evolutionary Biology]]'' '''10''': 323. {{doi. 10.1186/1471-2148-10-323
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