Pulmonate

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Various examples of Pulmonata

Various examples of Pulmonata

style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;" | Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Animalia

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Phylum:  | Mollusca

Class:  | Gastropoda

Subclass:  | Orthogastropoda

Superorder:  | Heterobranchia

Order:  | Pulmonata
Cuvier, 1814
Suborders

* Systellommatophora
* Basommatophora
* Eupulmonata

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The Pulmonata or "pulmonates" are an order (once a subclass) of snails and slugs that have developed a pallial lung and thus can breathe air. The group includes many land and freshwater families and a few marine ones.

Pulmonata are known from the Carboniferous to the recent periods.[1]

## Taxonomy

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Order Pulmonata Cuvier in Blainville, 1814 (pulmonates)

* Suborder Systellommatophora Pilsbry, 1948
*       * Superfamily Onchidioidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Superfamily Otinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
* Superfamily Rathouisioidea Sarasin, 1889
* Suborder Basommatophora Keferstein in Bronn, 1864 (freshwater pulmonates, pond snails)
*       * Superfamily Acroloxoidea Thiele, 1931
* Superfamily Amphiboloidea J.E. Gray, 1840
* Superfamily Chilinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
* Superfamily Glacidorboidea Ponder, 1986
* Superfamily Lymnaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Superfamily Planorboidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Superfamily Siphonarioidea J.E. Gray, 1840
* Suborder Eupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
* Infraorder Acteophila Dall, 1885 (= formerly Archaeopulmonata)
* Superfamily Melampoidea Stimpson, 1851
* Infraorder Trimusculiformes Minichev & Starobogatov, 1975
* Superfamily Trimusculoidea Zilch, 1959

File:Museum fg02.jpgShells of pulmonate styllomatophoran snails in a museum collection File:Bonite-mollusques-pl28.jpgVarious pulmonates

*     * Infraorder Stylommatophora A. Schmidt, 1856 (land snails)
* Subinfraorder Orthurethra
* Superfamily Achatinelloidea Gulick, 1873
* Superfamily Cochlicopoidea Pilsbry, 1900
* Superfamily Partuloidea Pilsbry, 1900
* Superfamily Pupilloidea Turton, 1831
* Subinfraorder Sigmurethra
* Superfamily Acavoidea Pilsbry, 1895
* Superfamily Achatinoidea Swainson, 1840
* Superfamily Aillyoidea Baker, 1960
* Superfamily Arionoidea J.E. Gray in Turnton, 1840
* Superfamily Buliminoidea Clessin, 1879
* Superfamily Camaenoidea Pilsbry, 1895
* Superfamily Clausilioidea Mörch, 1864
* Superfamily Dyakioidea Gude & Woodward, 1921
* Superfamily Gastrodontoidea Tryon, 1866
* Superfamily Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Superfamily Helixarionoidea Bourguignat, 1877
* Superfamily Limacoidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Superfamily Oleacinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
* Superfamily Orthalicoidea Albers-Martens, 1860
* Superfamily Plectopylidoidea Moellendorf, 1900
* Superfamily Polygyroidea Pilsbry, 1894
* Superfamily Punctoidea Morse, 1864
* Superfamily Rhytidoidea Pilsbry, 1893
* Superfamily Sagdidoidera Pilsbry, 1895
* Superfamily Staffordioidea Thiele, 1931
* Superfamily Streptaxoidea J.E. Gray, 1806
* Superfamily Strophocheiloidea Thiele, 1926
* Superfamily Trigonochlamydoidea Hese, 1882
* Superfamily Zonitoidea Mörch, 1864
* ? Superfamily Athoracophoroidea P. Fischer, 1883 (= Tracheopulmonata)
* ? Superfamily Succineoidea Beck, 1837 (= Heterurethra)

## References

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1. ↑ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.

## External links

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* Pulmonate snails & slugs in captivity
* Camaenidae (snails) of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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