Clausilioidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of gastropods}}
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|image_caption = Cochlodina laminata
|taxon = Clausilioidea
|authority= J. E. Gray, 1855
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The Clausilioidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.{{cite journal
|author1=Bouchet, P. |author2=Rocroi, J.-P.
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| title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
| journal = Malacologia
| volume =47
| issue = 1-2
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This classification was based on different studies dealing with the Clausiliidae, published by H. Nordsieck in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1994, 1997 and 1998.
Taxonomy
- Family Clausiliidae Gray, 1855
- † Family Anadromidae Wenz, 1940
- † Family Filholiidae Wenz, 1923
- † Family Palaeostoidae H. Nordsieck, 1986
References
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- Gray, J. E. (1855). Catalogue of Pulmonata or air-breathing Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum, Part I. Taylor & Francis, London. 192 pp.
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Category:Gastropod superfamilies
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