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
2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), 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, 1817Lactiforis Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007Naranjia Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 - with the only one species: Naranjia swatowensis Phallomedusa Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007Salinator Hedley, 1900;Genera brought into synonymy:Ampullacera Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817Thallicera Swainson, 1840: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817