Pulmonata
Sign in to savePulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includes many land and freshwater families, and several marine families.
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- Linnean taxonomy
- 2005 taxonomy
- Informal Group Pulmonata
- Informal Group Basommatophora
- Clade [[Hygrophila (Gastropoda)|Hygrophila]]
- Clade Eupulmonata
- Clade [[Systellommatophora]] ( = [[Gymnomorpha]])
- Clade [[Stylommatophora]]
- Subclade [[Elasmognatha]]
- Subclade [[Orthurethra]]
- Informal Group [[Sigmurethra]]
- [[limacoid clade]]
- other Sigmurethra
- 2010 taxonomy
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includes many land and freshwater families, and several marine families.
The taxon Pulmonata as traditionally defined was found to be polyphyletic in a molecular study per Jörger et al., dating from 2010.