Argnidae

Argnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

Argnidae
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1] Upper Miocene-Recent
Shells of Argna biplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Arginidae

Hudec, 1965
Genera

See text.

Distribution

Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains.[1]

Taxonomy

The family Argnidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Argnidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera in the family Argnidae include:

  • Agardhiella Hesse, 1923[2]
  • Argna Cossmann, 1889 - type genus.[2] The type species of this genus is fossil, but the genus contains also recent species.
  • Speleodentorcula Gittenberger, 1985[2]

References
  1. "Family summary for Argnidae". AnimalBase, last change 13-09-2006, accessed 4 August 2010.
  2. "Genera in family Argnidae" [n = 3]. AnimalBase, accessed 4 August 2010.
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