Orthurethra
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| Orthurethra Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent |
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| Various examples of Orthurethra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamilies | |
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Orthurethra is a clade of terrestrial pulmonate gastropods (i.e. air-breathing land snails).
In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subclade of Stylommatophora.
[edit] Taxonomy
- Superfamily Partuloidea
- Family Partulidae
- Family Draparnaudiidae
- Superfamily Achatinelloidea
- Family Achatinellidae
- Superfamily Cochlicopoidea
- Family Cochlicopidae
- Family Amastridae
- Superfamily Pupilloidea
- Family Pupillidae
- Family Argnidae
- Family Chondrinidae
- † Family Cylindrellinidae
- Family Lauriidae
- Family Orculidae
- Family Pleurodiscidae
- Family Pyramidulidae
- Family Spelaeodiscidae
- Family Strobilopsidae
- Family Valloniidae
- Family Vertiginidae
- Superfamily Enoidea
- Family Enidae
- Family Cerastidae
(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)
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