family
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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 with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily Sagdoidea and as a member of 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 ...
. Some species of Sagdidae are ovoviviparous.
Anatomy
Vestigial love darts exist in some species within this family.
Subfamilies and genera
The family Sagdidae consists of the following subfamilies:
* Aquebaninae H. B. Baker, 1940
* Platysuccineinae H. B. Baker, 1940
* Polydontinae Schileyko, 2006
* Sagdinae Pilsbry, 1895
* Yunqueinae Schileyko, 1998
Genera in the family Sagdidae include:Sagdidae Discover Life, accessed 6 December 2008.
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Xenodiscula
''Xenodiscula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Sagdidae.
Species
There are currently two known species in the genus ''Xenodiscula'':Zaphysema''