Sagdidae | |
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Two adult shells and one juvenile shell of Sagda alligans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Sagdoidea |
Family: | Sagdidae Pilsbry, 1895[1] |
Type genus | |
Sagda |
Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily Sagdoidea[2] and as a member of the superfamily Helicoidea.[3] Some species of Sagdidae are ovoviviparous.[4]
Vestigial love darts exist in some species within this family.
The family Sagdidae consists of the following subfamilies:[2]
Genera in the family Sagdidae include:[5]
The type genus is Sagda Beck, 1837.