Urocoptoidea
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| Illustration of a shell of Holospira elizabethae, in the family Urocoptidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Urocoptoidea |
Urocoptoidea is a superfamily of land snails, gastropods in the informal group Sigmurethra.[1]
Families
In 2005, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, the families Urocoptidae and Cerionidae were classified within the superfamily Orthalicoidea .[1]
In 2008, the superfamily Urocoptoidea was established by the malacologist Uit de Weerd, based on molecular phylogeny research.[2]
In 2012, Thompson[3] established a new family, the Epirobiidae.
Thus as of 2012, there are three families within the superfamily Urocoptoidea:[2][3]
- Urocoptidae Pilsbry, 1898 (1868)
- Cerionidae Pilsbry, 1901
- Epirobiidae Thompson, 2012
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Uit de Weerd D. R. (2008). "Delimitation and phylogenetics of the highly diverse land snail family Urocoptidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) based on 28S rRNA sequence data: A reunion with Cerion". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 317-329. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn023.
- ^ a b Thompson F. G. (2012). "The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea)". Bulletin Florida Museum of Natural History 51: 167-215. PDF.