Cleidogonidae (Family)

Overview

A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.

The Family Cleidogonidae is a member of the Superfamily Cleidogonoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Cleidogonidae:

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: Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata
        Superclass: Myriapoda Latreille, 1802 - myriapods
        Class: Diplopoda Gervais, 1844 - Millipedes
        Subclass: Chilognatha
        Superorder: Helminthomorpha
        Order: Chordeumatida
        Suborder: Chordeumatidea
        Superfamily: Cleidogonoidea
        Family: Cleidogonidae

The Family Cleidogonidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (14): Acakandra · Akacandra · Bactropus · Cabraca · Cleidogona · Costaricia · Dybasia · Mecistopus · Mexiceuma · Ogkomus · Pseudotremia · Solaenogona · Solemia · Tiganogona
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 155 species and subspecies in the Family Cleidogonidae.

At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Tiganogona.

More info about the Genus Tiganogona may be found here.

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