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Spiraxidae
Sign in to saveSpiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilySpiraxidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 158
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Spiraxidae
- Collections
- UTEP, CAS, FMNH, UF, AM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, El Salvador, Jamaica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Italy
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oleacinoidea
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- Euglandina rosea.jpg
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- Spiraxidae
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- Category:Spiraxidae
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- Spiraxidae
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Taxonomy
- 2005 taxonomy
- 2010 taxonomy
- Genera
- Ecology
- References
Spiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
== Distribution == The distribution of this family is Neotropical.
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