Amphibolidae
Amphibolidae is a family of air-breathing snails with opercula, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
This family of pulmonate gastropods, for breathe air, but also have opercula and at least some species go through a free-swimming veliger stage.Taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda, it was an only family within a superfamily Amphiboloidea in the informal group Basommatophora, within the Pulmonata.2010 taxonomy
Jörger et al. have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata.Genera
Genera and species within the family Amphibolidae include:
- Amphibola Schumacher, 1817
- Lactiforis Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
- Naranjia Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 - with the only one species: Naranjia swatowensis
- Phallomedusa Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
- Salinator Hedley, 1900
;Genera brought into synonymy:
- Ampullacera Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817
- Thallicera Swainson, 1840: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817
