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Amastridae

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Amastridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Amastridae
Pilsbry, 1910

Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.[1]

Distribution

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This family is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Genera

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Subfamily Amastrinae Pilsbry, 1910
  • Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Carelia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Cyclamastra Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905 : synonym of Amastra (Cyclamastra) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Kauaia Sykes, 1900: synonym of Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted rank)
  • Laminella L. Pfeiffer, 1854
  • Planamastra Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
  • Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889
Subfamily Leptachatininae Cockerell, 1913
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Carinella L. Pfeiffer, 1875: synonym of Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Helicamastra Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905: synonym of Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889
  • Pterodiscus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994718 on 2021-02-21
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). "Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Schileyko, A.A. (1998). "Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidulidae". Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1–127.
  • Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. pp. 1–248.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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