Architaenioglossa

Architaenioglossa
Pomacea bridgesii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Haller, 1890

Architaenioglossa is a taxonomic group of snails which have gills and often an operculum. They are primarily land and freshwater gastropod mollusks within the clade Caenogastropoda.

This "informal group" has been shown to be polyphyletic in a study by Harasewych et al., published in 1998.

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