Argnidae
Family of gastropods
Argnidae Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Shells of Argna biplicata | |
Scientific 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
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
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- ^ 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.