Jump to content

Eupulmonata

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Snotbot (talk | contribs) at 04:54, 22 April 2011 (Fixing improperly nested section headings (task 5)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Eupulmonata
Cepaea hortensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
Clades

clade Systellommatophora
clade Stylommatophora

The Eupulmonata is a taxonomic clade of air-breathing snails. The great majority of this group are land snails and slugs, but some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions.

Linnean taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) Eupulmonata is an unranked clade.[1]

Clade Eupulmonata

Contains the clades Systellommatophora and Stylommatophora

Contains the subclades Elasmognatha, Orthurethra and the informal group Sigmurethra

Subclade Elasmognatha

Subclade Orthurethra

Informal Group Sigmurethra

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.