Streptaxoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the suborder Achatinina of the order Stylommatophora.
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy There have been recognized the only family Streptaxidae within Streptaxoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).
2010 taxonomy Sutcharit et al. (2010)Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. . have established a new family Diapheridae within Streptaxoidea as follows:
family Streptaxidae Gray, 1860 family Diapheridae Panha & Naggs, 2010
Rowson et al. (2011)Rowson B., Tattersfield P. & Symondson W. O. C. (2011). "Phylogeny and biogeography of tropical carnivorous land-snails (Pulmonata: Streptaxoidea) with particular reference to East Africa and the Indian Ocean". Zoologica Scripta 40: 85-98. . have confirmed monophyly of Streptaxidae and Diapheridae as its sister group.
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