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Amphibulimidae

Amphibulimidae
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Amphibulima patula dominicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Amphibulimidae
P. Fischer, 1873
Diversity
From 17 (including Peltella) to at least 80 species (Amphibulima 4 species, Dryptus at least ~7 species, Gaeotis at least 1 species, Pellicula at least 1 species, Plekocheilus at least ~67 species)
Synonyms

Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873


Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873

Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails, semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.

Distribution of the family Amphibulimidae include northern part of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador), Central America and the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique).

This taxon was placed as a subfamily Amphibuliminae within the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). There was classified also semi-slug Peltella Gray, 1855 within Amphibuliminae and Peltellinae Gray, 1855 was considered as a synonym of Amphibuliminae.

Breure et al. (2010) elevated Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.

Breure & Romero (2012) removed Peltella to subfamily Peltellinae within Bulimulidae.

Genera within the family Amphibulimidae include:


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