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Achatinellidae

Achatinellidae
Achatinella bulimoides.jpg
A live individual of Achatinella bulimoides
Auriculella.jpg
An unidentified species of Auriculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra

Superfamily: Achatinelloidea
Gulick, 1873
Family: Achatinellidae
Gulick, 1873

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra

Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.

This is the only family in the superfamily Achatinelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Subfamilies in the family Achatinellidae include:

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 16 and 25 (according to the values in the table).

This family of snails occurs widely in the Pacific islands. They are at their most diverse in the Hawaiian group.

Genera in the family Achatinellidae include:

Achatinellinae

Auriculellinae

Elasmatininae

Pacificellinae

Tekoulininae

Tornatellidinae

Tornatellininae

unsorted


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