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Plectopyloidea

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Plectopyloidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the suborder Helicina.

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Superfamily

  1. PhylumMollusca
  2. ClassGastropoda
  3. OrderStylommatophora

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Helicina
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Sculptaria sculpturata shell.png
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Commons category
Plectopyloidea
taxon name
Plectopyloidea
taxon rank
superfamily
taxon author citation
Möllendorff, 1898
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Plectopyloidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the suborder Helicina.

==Families== The superfamily Plectopyloidea consists of the following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Family Plectopylidae Möllendorff, 1898 Family Corillidae Pilsbry, 1905 - with only one genus Corilla Family Sculptariidae Degner, 1923 - with only one genus Sculptaria

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