Clausilioidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of gastropods}}

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|image = Door snail.jpg

|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.

| year = 2005

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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

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:Stylommatophora

Category:Gastropod superfamilies

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