Spiraxidae
| Spiraxidae | |
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| A live individual of Euglandina rosea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Testacelloidea |
| Family: |
Spiraxidae H. B. Baker, 1939 |
| Type genus | |
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Spiraxis |
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| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| over 260 species in Central America + some more in South America | |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Spiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The distribution of this family is Neotropical.
The Spiraxidae family is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Spiraxidae consists of the following subfamilies:
Thompson (2010) redefined subfamilies in the Spiraxidae, moving Euglandininae and Streptostylinae to become subfamilies of Spiraxidae. According to their work, there are three subfamilies within the Spiraxidae:
Apparently this system of classification is not universally accepted, as Fauna Europaea uses different systematics for the subfamily Euglandininae, still placing it within the family Oleacinidae.
Genera in the family Spiraxidae include:
Subfamily Spiraxinae include seven genera:
Subfamily Euglandininae
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