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, 1930Pfeffer 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 . † Archaeozonites Sandberger, 1873 - type genus of Archaeozonitinae Subfamily † Grandipatulinae Pfeffer, 1930 † Grandipatula Cossmann, 1889 - type genus of Grandipatulinae Subfamily † Palaeoxestininae Pfeffer, 1930 † 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: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. , JSTOR.
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