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Elasmognatha

Elasmognatha
Succinea putris 2.jpg
Succinea putris in the Succineidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Elasmognatha
Superfamilies

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Elasmognatha is a taxonomic grouping, a clade, of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.

A number of species in this taxonomic group are endangered.

In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Elasmognatha is treated as a clade within the larger clade Stylommatophora.

The following two superfamilies and families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):


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