Acavidae

Taxobox
name = Acavidae

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image_caption = "Helicophanta gloriosa"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis =
superordo =
ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
infraordo = Stylommatophora
unranked_familia = Sigmurethra
superfamilia = Acavoidea
familia = Acavidae
familia_authority = Pilsbry, 1895
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.
synonyms =

Acavidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Eupulmonata (according taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

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

The family Acavidae consists of the following subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the family Acavidae include [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008] :
* "Acavus"
* "Ampelita"
* "Helicophanta"
* "Leucotaenius"
* "Oligospira"
* "Stylodon"

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