Argnidae
Family of gastropods
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::summary Family of gastropods ::
| fossil_range= Upper Miocene-Recent | image = Argna-biplicata 02.jpg | image_caption = Shells of Argna biplicata | taxon = Argnidae | authority = Hudec, 1965 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text.
Argnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Distribution
Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains.
Taxonomy
The family Argnidae 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).
Argnidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Genera
Genera in the family Argnidae include:
- Agardhiella Hesse, 1923
- Argna Cossmann, 1889 - type genus. The type species of this genus is fossil, but the genus contains also recent species.
- Speleodentorcula Gittenberger, 1985
References
References
- [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/family?id=868 "Family summary for Argnidae"]. [[AnimalBase]], last change 13-09-2006, accessed 4 August 2010.
- [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/genera?family=868 "Genera in family Argnidae"] [n = 3]. [[AnimalBase]], accessed 4 August 2010.
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