• Source: Amphibulimidae

    • Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.


    Distribution


    Amphibulimidae lives across the northern part of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador), Central America and the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique).


    Taxonomy




    = 2005

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    This taxon was placed as a subfamily Amphibuliminae within the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). There was classified also semi-slug Peltella Gray, 1855 within Amphibuliminae and Peltellinae Gray, 1855 was considered as a synonym of Amphibuliminae.


    = 2010

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    Breure et al. (2010) elevated Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.


    = 2012

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    Breure & Romero (2012) removed Peltella to subfamily Peltellinae within Bulimulidae.


    Genera


    Genera within the family Amphibulimidae include:

    Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805 - type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae
    Dryptus Albers, 1860
    Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854
    Pellicula P. Fischer, 1856
    Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828


    References




    External links



    Beaure A. S. H. & Schlögl J. (2010). "Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 2416: 51-60. abstract.

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