Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.[3]
Paludomidae | |
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Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Cleopatra ferruginea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Paludomidae Stoliczka, 1868[1] |
Diversity[2] | |
about 100 freshwater species | |
Synonyms | |
Lavigeriidae Thiele, 1925 |
The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa.
The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
A nomenclator of all Paludomidae was published in 2019.[10]
Genera within the family Paludomidae include:
tribe Hauttecoeuriini
tribe Nassopsini
tribe Rumellini
tribe Spekiini
tribe Syrnolopsini
tribe Tiphobiini