Orthalicidae
Orthalicus reses from W. G. Binney, 1878 [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylommatophora Family: Orthalicidae
Genera
see text

Orthalicidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Stylommatophora is an Infraorder (also sometimes considered an order of air-breathing land Snails and Slugs terrestrial Pulmonate Gastropod In Biological classification, family ( Latin The word snail is a Common name that can be used for almost all members of the Molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the Terrestrial animals are Animals that live predominantly or entirely on land as compared with Aquatic animals which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used Stylommatophora is an Infraorder (also sometimes considered an order of air-breathing land Snails and Slugs terrestrial Pulmonate Gastropod It is often treated as a subfamily of the closely related family Bulimulidae. Bulimulidae is a Taxonomic family of medium-sized to large air-breathing tropical and sub-tropical land Snails terrestrial Pulmonate These are medium to large snails, from about 3 cm (about 1. 2 inches) to 9 cm (about 3. 5 inches) in shell length.

A large orthalicid land snail, probably Sultana, recovering from sustantial shell damage, eastern Peru.

Genera within the family Orthalicidae

• Corona
• Hemibulimus
• Liguus
• Orthalicus
• Porphyrobaphe
• Sultana
• Tholus ^[2]

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