Sigmurethra
Sign in to saveSigmurethra is a taxonomic category of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. This is an informal group which includes most land snails and slugs.
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Suborder
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
Habitatmarine
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- Taxonomy
- 2005 Taxonomy
- [[limacoid clade]]
- Informal group Sigmurethra continued
- New families after 2005
- 2017 Taxonomy
- References
Sigmurethra is a taxonomic category of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. This is an informal group which includes most land snails and slugs.
The two strong synapomorphies of Sigmurethra are a long pedal gland placed beneath a membrane and retractile tentacles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sigmurethra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.