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Amphiboloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails.
| Amphiboloidea | |
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| A drawing of the shell and operculum of Amphibola crenata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Amphiboloidea J. E. Gray, 1840 |
| Families | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 species | |
Amphibolids are found in Indo-Pacific intertidal mangrove, saltmarsh and estuarine mudflat habitats.[1]
2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), it is a superfamily in the informal group Basommatophora, within the Pulmonata.[2]
This superfamily has contained only one family, the Amphibolidae.[2]
2007 taxonomy
Golding et al. (2007)[1] have established new families:
- Maningrididae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007[1] - with the only species Maningrida arnhemensis[1]
- Phallomedusidae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007[1]
2010 taxonomy
Basommatophora (Siphonarioidea and Amphiboloidea and Hygrophila) have been found polyphyletic and so Jörger et al. (2010)[3] have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata.
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