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Thysanophoridae
Sign in to saveThysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyThysanophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 760
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Thysanophoridae
- Collections
- UF, USNM, MCZ
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Haiti, Nicaragua, United States, Cuba, Jamaica
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- Parent taxon
- Helicoidea
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- Microphysula cookei shell.jpg
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Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
These are common woodland snails of North America. They also occur in a few recorded spots in South America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thysanophoridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.