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Oxychilidae

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Oxychilidae

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Also known as glass snails

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderStylommatophora
  5. FamilyOxychilidae

Die Glanzschnecken (Oxychilidae) sind eine Familie (oder Unterfamilie) aus der Unterordnung der Landlungenschnecken (Stylommatophora). In Europa kommen etwa 75 Arten vor.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
238
Family
Oxychilidae
Collections
NHMUK, CM, FMNH, MNHN
Recorded in
United Kingdom, Australia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Turkey, Malta

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gastrodontoidea
Image
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Commons category
Oxychilidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Oxychilidae
topic's main category
Category:Oxychilidae
taxon common name
glanssnegler
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Taxonomy
  • Genera
  • Cladogram
  • References

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

== Distribution == The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.

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