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Thysanophoridae
Sign in to saveThysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Vinony's link graph records 18 inbound references to Thysanophoridae, and connects out to Mollusca, South America and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Gastropod families, Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry and Thysanophoridae.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyThysanophoridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 760
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Thysanophoridae
- Collections
- UF, USNM, MCZ
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Haiti, Nicaragua, United States, Cuba, Jamaica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Helicoidea
- Image
- Microphysula cookei shell.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Thysanophoridae
- Commons category
- Thysanophoridae
- taxon name
- Thysanophoridae
- taxon rank
- family
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Subfamilies
- Genera
- References
Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
These are common woodland snails of North America. They also occur in a few recorded spots in South America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thysanophoridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.