Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.

Gastrodontoidea
Two live individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on the roots of orchid plants.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Tryon, 1866
Families

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Taxonomy

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According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), families in this superfamily include:

Cladogram

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The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily with the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:[2]

 limacoid clade 

References

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  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ 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.