Biology:Planorboidea

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Short description: Superfamily of gastropods

Planorboidea
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Planorbarius corneus, family Planorbidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea

Rafinesque, 1815
Families

Family Planorbidae
Family Physidae

Planorboidea is a superfamily of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks.[1]

All of the gastropods in this superfamily are sinistral in shell coiling.

The monophyly of Planorboidea was confirmed by Albrecht et al. (2007).[2]

Thjs superfamily has now been recognised as a synonym of Lymnaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815.

Physella acuta, family Physidae

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2). 
  2. Albrecht C., Kuhn K. & Streit B. (2007). "A molecular phylogeny of Planorboidea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): insights from enhanced taxon sampling". Zoologica Scripta 36: 27-39. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00258.x.

Wikidata ☰ Q2098296 entry