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The '''Pleurodontidae''' family is classified within the "[[Limacoid clade]]", itself belonging to the [[clade]] [[Stylommatophora]] within the clade [[Eupulmonata]] (according [[Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)|taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005]]). |
The '''Pleurodontidae''' family is classified within the "[[Limacoid clade]]", itself belonging to the [[clade]] [[Stylommatophora]] within the clade [[Eupulmonata]] (according to the [[Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)|taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005]]). |
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The family Pleurodontidae includes the American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family [[Camaenidae]], whose [[monophyly]] had been in doubt |
The family Pleurodontidae includes the American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family [[Camaenidae]], whose [[monophyly]] had been in doubt. They are defined by a missing [[diverticulum]]. However it is partially present in the genus [[Solaropsis]]. The stimulatory organ is equally missing. However, [[Solaropsis]] has in part a penial stimulator and a divided penis retractor miscle. |
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The Pleurodontidae family is classified within the "Limacoid clade", itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Pleurodontidae includes the American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family Camaenidae, whose monophyly had been in doubt. They are defined by a missing diverticulum. However it is partially present in the genus Solaropsis. The stimulatory organ is equally missing. However, Solaropsis has in part a penial stimulator and a divided penis retractor miscle.
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References
- A.A. Schileyko, (2006): Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae. – Ruthenica, Suppl., 2: 1765-1906.
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- Hartmut Nordsieck, Higher classification of Helicoidea and the molecular analyses of their phylogeny
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