Cylindrellinidae is an extinct family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.[1]

Cylindrellinidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Cohort: Tectipleura
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Cylindrellinidae
Zilch, 1959

Taxonomy edit

The family Cylindrellinidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera edit

Synonyms
Distoechia Crosse, 1890 : synonym of † Cylindrellina Munier-Chalmas, 1884 (junior subjective synonym)

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cylindrellinidae Zilch, 1959 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833934 on 2022-11-07
  • Zilch, A. (1959-1960). Teil 2: Euthyneura. In: O. H. Schindewolf, ed., Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6, Gastropoda . Borntraeger, Berlin. xii + 835