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Maizaniidae

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Maizaniidae
Temporal range: 28.4–present Ma [1]
Maizaniella sapoensis shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Maizaniidae
Tielecke, 1940[2]

Maizaniidae is a family of minute land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[3]

This family has no subfamilies.[3]

Genera

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Genera within the family Maizaniidae include:

References

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  1. ^ "Family Maizaniidae Tielecke 1940 (snail)", Fossilworks, accessed 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ Tielecke H. (August 15) 1940. "Anatomie, Phylogenie un Tiergeographie der Cyclophoriden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. New series, 9(3): 317-371, page 365.
  3. ^ a b c Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.