Epiphragmophora
| Epiphragmophora | |
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| Different views of a shell of Epiphragmophora clausomphalos | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Epiphragmophoridae |
| Genus: |
Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874 |
| Synonyms | |
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Helix (Poecilostola) Ancey, 1886 |
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Helix (Poecilostola) Ancey, 1886
Epiphragmophora is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Epiphragmophoridae. It occurs exclusively in South America, and is distributed in Perú, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, with isolated occurrences in southern Colombia and southern Brazil. This genus is known to be a typical component of the Andean fauna, although it inhabits elevated cloud rainforest areas and flatlands in Argentina and Bolivia.
Species in the genus Epiphragmophora include:
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