Simpulopsidae
Family of gastropods
Simpulopsidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
01Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
This taxon was placed as the tribe Simpulopsini, in the subfamily Bulimulinae, within the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
2012 taxonomy
Breure & Romero (2012) elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae.
02Genera
Genera in the family Simpulopsidae include:
- Leiostracus Albers, 1850
- Rhinus Albers, 1860
- Simpulopsis Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini
- subgenus Eudioptus Albers, 1860
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- Simpulopsis rufovirens 3.jpg by Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0
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