Maizaniidae

Maizaniidae

Maizaniidae

Family of gastropods

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

Quick Facts Scientific classification ...

This family has no subfamilies.[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Maizaniidae include:

  • Maizania Bourguignat, 1889 - the type genus of the family[3]
  • Maizaniella Bequaert & Clench, 1836
  • Neomaizania Van Bruggen, 1985
  • Thomeomaizania Bequeart and Clench, 1936

References

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  1. [1]
    "Family Maizaniidae Tielecke 1940 (snail)", Fossilworks, accessed 18 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    Tielecke H. (August 15) 1940. "Anatomie, Phylogenie un Tiergeographie der Cyclophoriden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. New series, 9(3): 317-371, page 365.
  3. [3]
    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.


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