Overview
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.
This family is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Taxonomy
The Family Amastridae is a member of the Superfamily Cochlicopoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Amastridae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Heterobranchia
J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order: Pulmonata
Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814 - land snails and slugs
- Suborder: Eupulmonata
(Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder: Stylommatophora
A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily: Cochlicopoidea
Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)
- Family: Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910
- Superfamily: Cochlicopoidea
Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)
- Infraorder: Stylommatophora
A. Schmidt, 1855
- Suborder: Eupulmonata
(Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Order: Pulmonata
Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814 - land snails and slugs
- Superorder: Heterobranchia
J.E. Gray, 1840
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Amastridae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (7): Amastra · Armsia · Carelia · Kauaia · Laminella · Leptachatina · Tropidoptera
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 294 species and subspecies in the Family Amastridae.
Genera
Amastra
Amastra is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. [more]
Armsia
Armsia is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. [more]
Carelia
Kauaia
Laminella
Laminella is a genus of in the Amastridae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Leptachatina
Leptachatina is a genus of in the Amastridae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Tropidoptera
Tropidoptera is a genus of in the Amastridae family. It contains the following species: [more]
More info about the Genus Tropidoptera may be found here.
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