Cyclophoridae
| Cyclophoridae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Family Cyclophoridae. A Pterocyclos tenuilabiatus; B Pterocyclos amabilis C Leptopoma pellucidum; D Platyraphe bongaoensis; Broken aperture E Japonia trilirata/kinabaluensis species complex; F Japonia balabacensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Cyclophoridae Gray, 1847 |
| Subfamilies | |
|
Alycaeinae | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Alycaeidae Blanford, 1864 | |
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This diverse family with many species is now limited to the representatives in the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New World.
Their fossil history dates back through the Early Tertiary to the Cenomanian age of the Cretaceous.
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