Cyclophoridae
Sign in to saveCyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Species
tropical land snails
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderArchitaenioglossa
- FamilyCyclophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 941
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Cyclophoridae
- Collections
- PRI, CAS, YPM, CM, DMNH, ALMNH
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, India, Vanuatu, China, Comoro Islands, Jamaica, Indonesia, Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyclophoroidea
- Image
- Leptopoma nitidum 1.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cyclophoridae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Cyclophoridae
- topic's main category
- Category:Cyclophoridae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Taxonomy and systematics
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Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This diverse family with many species is now limited to the representatives in the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New World.
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