Cochlicellidae is a
family
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of small air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the superfamily
Helicoidea
Helicoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.
Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy
There are 19 families within the superfamily Helicoidea according to the taxonom ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Cochlicellidae has no subfamilies (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Genera
The type genus is ''
Cochlicella''
Férussac, 1821
Genera in the family Cochlicellidae include:
* ''
Cochlicella''
Férussac, 1821
** subgenus ''
Prietocella''
Schileyko & Menkhorst, 1997
* ''
Monilearia''
Mousson, 1872
References
External links
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