Urocoptoidea is a superfamily of land snails, gastropods in the suborder Helicina.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Urocoptoidea Pilsbry, 1898 (1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932607 on 2020-08-25
Families In 2005, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, the families Urocoptidae and Cerionidae were classified within the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
In 2008, the superfamily Urocoptoidea was established by the malacologist Uit de Weerd, based on molecular phylogeny research.Uit de Weerd D. R. (2008). "Delimitation and phylogenetics of the highly diverse land snail family Urocoptidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) based on 28S rRNA sequence data: A reunion with Cerion". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 317-329. .
In 2012, ThompsonThompson F. G. (2012). "The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51: 167-215. PDF. established a new family, the Epirobiidae.
Families Cerionidae Pilsbry, 1901 Epirobiidae Thompson, 2012 Eucalodiidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1873 Holospiridae Pilsbry, 1946 Urocoptidae Pilsbry, 1898 (1868)
References
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526