Orthurethra Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent |
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Various examples of Orthurethra | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamilies | |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
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Orthurethra is a clade of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.
In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subclade of Stylommatophora.
Superfamilies and families within the clade Orthurethra:
(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)