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Rhytididae

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Rhytididae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.

Species

FAMILY

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

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Specimen records
511
With media
11
Family
Rhytididae
Collections
UMZC, MNHN
Recorded in
Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie

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Parent taxon
Rhytidoidea
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Anatomy
  • Distribution
  • Genera
  • Life cycle
  • References
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Rhytididae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.

This family has three subfamilies: Chlamydephorinae Cockerell, 1935 (1903) Rhytidinae Pilsbry, 1893 Corillinae Pilsbry, 1905

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