Argnidae
| Argnidae Temporal range: Upper Miocene-Recent
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Family: | Arginidae Hudec, 1965
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Argnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Distribution
Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains.[1]
Taxonomy
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
Genera in the family Argnidae include:
- Agardhiella Hesse, 1923[2]
- Argna Cossmann, 1889 - type genus.[2] The type species of this genus is fossil, but the genus contains also recent species.
- Speleodentorcula Gittenberger, 1985[2]
References
- ^ a b "Family summary for Argnidae". AnimalBase, last change 13-09-2006, accessed 4 August 2010.
- ^ a b c "Genera in family Argnidae" [n = 3]. AnimalBase, accessed 4 August 2010.
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