Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea Tryon, 1866 |
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Taxonomy
editAccording to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), families in this superfamily include:
- Gastrodontidae
- Chronidae
- Euconulidae
- Oxychilidae
- Pristilomatidae
- Trochomorphidae
- Fossil taxa probably belonging to the Gastrodontoidea are:
- Subfamily † Archaeozonitinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
- † Archaeozonites Sandberger, 1873 - type genus of Archaeozonitinae
- Subfamily † Grandipatulinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
- † Grandipatula Cossmann, 1889 - type genus of Grandipatulinae
- Subfamily † Palaeoxestininae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
- † Palaeoxestina Wenz, 1919 - type genus of Palaeoxestininae
- Subfamily † Archaeozonitinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
Cladogram
editThe following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily with the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Pfeffer G. J. (1930). "Zur Kentniss tertiärer Landschnecken." Geologische und Paleontologische Abhandlungen new series, 17(3): 1-230., plates 1-3. page 17, page 10 and page .
- ^ Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.