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Cyclophoroidea
Sign in to saveCyclophoroidea is a superfamily of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropods within the order Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the subclass Caenogastropoda. Approximately 3,675 cyclophoroid species were known as of 2024, making them the second-most diverse clade of land snails after Stylommatophora.
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- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderArchitaenioglossa
Cyclophoroidea is a superfamily of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropods within the informal group Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda. These terrestrial gastropods have lost the ctenidium (comb-like respiratory apparatus) and osphradium, and the pallial cavity has been modified as a lung.
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Cyclophoroidea es una superfamilia de caracoles terrestres con opérculo, son gasterópodos dentro del grupo informal Architaenioglossa, que pertenece al clado Caenogastropoda.Estos gasterópodos terrestres han perdido la (aparato respiratorio en forma de peine) y el osfradio y la cavidad paleal se ha modificado como un pulmón.
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