Urocoptoidea
| Urocoptoidea | |
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| Illustration of a shell of Holospira elizabethae, in the family Urocoptidae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Urocoptoidea |
Urocoptoidea is a superfamily of land snails, gastropods in the informal group Sigmurethra.
In 2005, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, the families Urocoptidae and Cerionidae were classified within the superfamily Orthalicoidea .
In 2008, the superfamily Urocoptoidea was established by the malacologist Uit de Weerd, based on molecular phylogeny research.
In 2012, Thompson established a new family, the Epirobiidae.
Thus as of 2012, there are three families within the superfamily Urocoptoidea:
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