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Argnidae

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Argnidae
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1] Upper Miocene-Recent
Shells of Argna biplicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Argnidae
Hudec, 1965
Genera

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Argnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

Distribution

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Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains.[1]

Taxonomy

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The family Argnidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Argnidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

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Genera in the family Argnidae include:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Family summary for Argnidae". AnimalBase, last change 13-09-2006, accessed 4 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Genera in family Argnidae" [n = 3]. AnimalBase, accessed 4 August 2010.