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Amphibulimidae
Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
Distribution
Amphibulimidae lives across the northern part of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador), Central America and the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique).
Taxonomy
2005
This taxon was placed as a subfamily Amphibuliminae within the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). There was classified also semi-slug Peltella Gray, 1855 within Amphibuliminae and Peltellinae Gray, 1855 was considered as a synonym of Amphibuliminae.
2010
Breure et al. (2010) elevated Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.
2012
Breure & Romero (2012) removed Peltella to subfamily Peltellinae within Bulimulidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Amphibulimidae include:
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