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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Limacoidei
Superfamilia: Gastrodontoidea
Familiae (3): GastrodontidaeOxychilidaePristilomatidae
Name

Gastrodontoidea Tryon, 1866
References

Tryon, G.W. 1866. Monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. American journal of conchology. 2(4): 218–277. BHL. Reference page.

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Gastrodontoidea in the World Register of Marine Species

Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.
Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), families in this superfamily include:

Gastrodontidae
Chronidae
Euconulidae
Oxychilidae
Pristilomatidae
Trochomorphidae
Fossil taxa probably belonging to the Gastrodontoidea are:
Subfamily † Archaeozonitinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
† Archaeozonites Sandberger, 1873 - type genus of Archaeozonitinae
Subfamily † Grandipatulinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
† Grandipatula Cossmann, 1889 - type genus of Grandipatulinae
Subfamily † Palaeoxestininae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
† Palaeoxestina Wenz, 1919 - type genus of Palaeoxestininae

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily with the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:[2]

 limacoid clade 
 Staffordioidea 

Staffordiidae

 Dyakioidea 

Dyakiidae

 Gastrodontoidea 

Pristilomatidae

Chronidae

Euconulidae

Trochomorphidae

Gastrodontidae

Oxychilidae

 Parmacelloidea 

Trigonochlamydidae

Parmacellidae

Milacidae

 Zonitoidea 

Zonitidae

 Helicarionoidea 

Helicarionidae

Ariophantidae

Urocyclidae

 Limacoidea 

Vitrinidae

Boettgerillidae

Limacidae

Agriolimacidae

References

Pfeffer G. J. (1930). "Zur Kentniss tertiärer Landschnecken." Geologische und Paleontologische Abhandlungen new series, 17(3): 1-230., plates 1-3. page 17, page 10 and page .
Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.

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