Urocoptoidea [SEP] parent taxon
Urocoptoidea
Urocoptoidea is a superfamily of land snails, gastropods in the informal group Sigmurethra.
Families.
In 2005, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, the families Urocoptidae and Cerionidae were classified within the superfamily Orthalicoidea .
In 2008, the superfamily Urocoptoidea was established by the malacologist Uit de Weerd, based on molecular phylogeny research.
In 2012, Thompson established a new family, the Epirobiidae.
Thus as of 2012, there are three families within the superfamily Urocoptoidea:
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Gosliner "et al." (2007) elevated the subfamily Babakininae to the family level as Babakinidae.
Golding "et al." (2007) established new families within the Amphiboloidea:
- Maningrididae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
- Phallomedusidae Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
Uit de Weerd (2008) moved two families Urocoptidae and Cerionidae to the newly established superfamily Urocoptoidea, based on molecular phylogeny research as follows:
superfamily Urocoptoidea
- family Urocoptidae
- family Cerionidae
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