Argnidae

Argnidae Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Upper Miocene-Recent
Shells of Argna biplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Argnidae Hudec, 1965
Genera
See text.

Argnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

Distribution

Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains.

Taxonomy

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

Argnidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera in the family Argnidae include:

• Agardhiella Hesse, 1923
• Argna Cossmann, 1889 - type genus. The type species of this genus is fossil, but the genus contains also recent species.
• Speleodentorcula Gittenberger, 1985

References

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