Caryodidae

Caryodidae
A broken shell of Pedinogyra rotabilis at Border Ranges National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Caryodidae
Connolly, 1915[1]
Genera

See text

Synonyms

Anoglyptidae Iredale, 1937
Hedleyellidae Iredale, 1937
Pedinogyridae Iredale, 1937

Caryodidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family is endemic to eastern Australia.[2]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family was previously treated as a subfamily of the family Acavidae.[2]

Genera

The family Caryodidae has no subfamilies.

Genera and species within this family include:

References

  1. Connolly M. (1915). "Notes on South African Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum 13: 99-178. plates 2-4, page 126.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Family CARYODIDAE. Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 30 September 2010.

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