Cyclophoroidea is a superfamily of
land snails with an
operculum,
terrestrial gastropods within the informal group
Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the
clade Caenogastropoda
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.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Cyclophoroidea Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153654 on 2015-02-16]
These terrestrial gastropods have lost the
ctenidium (comb-like respiratory apparatus) and
osphradium, and the
pallial cavity
The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of ...
has been modified as a
lung.
Taxonomy
According to the
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), this superfamily consists of the following families :
*Family
Aciculidae Gray, 1850
* Family
Cochlostomatidae
Cochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have operculums and gills. These are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.Bouchet, P. (2015). Cochlostomatidae Kobelt, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of ...
Kobelt, 1902
*Family
Craspedopomatidae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898
*Family
Cyclophoridae Gray, 1847
**Subfamily Cyclophorinae
Gray, 1847
*** Tribe Caspicyclotini
Wenz, 1938
*** Tribe Cyathopomatini
Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
*** Tribe Cyclophorini
Gray, 1847
*** Tribe Cyclotini
Pfeiffer, 1853
*** Tribe Pterocyclini
Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
**Subfamily Alycaeinae
Blanfoird, 1864
**Subfamily Spirostomatinae
Tielecke, 1940
*Family
Diplommatinidae Pfeiffer, 1857
**Subfamily Diplommatininae
Pfeiffer, 1857
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Family
Ferussinidae Wenz, 1923 (1915)
*Family
Maizaniidae Tielecke, 1940
*Family
Megalomastomatidae Blanford, 1864
*Family
Neocyclotidae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
**Subfamily Amphicyclotinae
Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
**Subfamily Neocyclotinae
Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
*Family
Pupinidae
Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBa ...
Pfeiffer, 1853
**Subfamily Liareinae
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, 1946
**Subfamily Pupinellinae
Kobelt, 1902
**Subfamily Pupininae
Pfeiffer, 1853
;Families brought into synonymy:
* Acmeidae
Pollonera, 1905: synonym of Aciculidae
Gray, 1850
* Alycaeidae
Blanford, 1864: synonym of Cyclophoridae
Gray, 1847
* Bolaniidae
Wenz, 1915: synonym of Craspedopomatidae
Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898
* Dicristidae
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975: synonym of Neocyclotidae
Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
* Lagocheilidae
Stoliczka, 1872: synonym of Cyclophoroidea
Gray, 1847
* †Strophostomatidae
Wenz, 1915: synonym of †Ferussinidae
Wenz, 1923 (1915)
References
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Architaenioglossa
Taxa named by John Edward Gray