Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Thysanophoridae Pilsbry, 1926[1] |
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These are common woodland snails of North America. They also occur in a few recorded spots in South America.
This family is defined by the absence of both a diverticulum and a stimulatory organ.
Subfamilies
editThere are no subfamilies in Thysanophoridae.
Genera
editGenera within the family Thysanophoridae include:
- Hojeda H. B. Baker, 1926
- Itzamna (unconfirmed)
- Lyroconus (unconfirmed)
- Mcleania (unconfirmed)
- Microconus (unconfirmed)
- Microphysula Cockerell, 1926 - Spruce snails
- Miroconus (unconfirmed)
- Pulchriconus (unconfirmed)
- Setidiscus (unconfirmed)
- Suavitas (unconfirmed)
- Thysanophora Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus
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References
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- ^ Pilsbry H. A. 1926 (5 August). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 78: 57-126, plates 9-10, Thysanophoridae at p. 107.
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