Amphibulimidae | |
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Amphibulima patula dominicensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: |
Amphibulimidae P. Fischer, 1873 |
Diversity | |
From 17 (including Peltella) to at least 80 species (Amphibulima 4 species, Dryptus at least ~7 species, Gaeotis at least 1 species, Pellicula at least 1 species, Plekocheilus at least ~67 species) | |
Synonyms | |
Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873 |
Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873
Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails, semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
Distribution of the family Amphibulimidae include northern part of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador), Central America and the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique).
This taxon was placed as a subfamily Amphibuliminae within the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). There was classified also semi-slug Peltella Gray, 1855 within Amphibuliminae and Peltellinae Gray, 1855 was considered as a synonym of Amphibuliminae.
Breure et al. (2010) elevated Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.
Breure & Romero (2012) removed Peltella to subfamily Peltellinae within Bulimulidae.
Genera within the family Amphibulimidae include: