? Pulmonata
Roman Snail (Helix pomatia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Heterobranchia Order: Pulmonata
Suborders
Systellommatophora Basommatophora Eupulmonata Stylommatophora

The Pulmonata are an order (sometimes subclass) of snails and slugs that have developed lungs. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x604, 92 KB) Picture of a grapevine snail (Helix pomatia). ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ... Subclasses Eogastropoda Orthogastropoda The gastropods, gasteropods, or univalves, are the largest and most successful class of mollusks, with 60,000-75,000 extant species known, comprising the snails and slugs as well as a vast number of marine and freshwater species. ... Infraclasses Apogastropoda Cocculiniformia Murchisoniina Neritopsina Vetigastropoda In their work, which has become a standard reference in the field, Ponder and Lindberg (1997) showed that the Orthogastropoda is one of two subclasses of the Gastropoda the class of molluscs, the other subclass being the Eogastropoda. ... Orders Heterostropha Opisthobranchia Pulmonata This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Anatomy of a slug A slug from North Bend, WA Slugs are gastropod molluscs without shells or with very small internal shells, in contrast to snails, which have a prominent coiled shell. ... Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan Class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ... For other meanings see Slug (disambiguation) Slugs are gastropods without or with very small shells, in contrast with snails from which they evolved, which have a prominent shell. ... The lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. ...

Taxonomy

Order Pulmonata Cuvier in Blainville, 1814 (pulmonates) Georges Cuvier Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier (August 23, 1769 - May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist and zoologist. ...

• Suborder Systellommatophora Pilsbry, 1948
  • • Superfamily Onchidioidea Rafinesque, 1815
    • Superfamily Otinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
    • Superfamily Rathouisioidea Sarasin, 1889
• Suborder Basommatophora Keferstein in Bronn, 1864 (freshwater pulmonates, pond snails)
  • • Superfamily Acroloxoidea Thiele, 1931
    • Superfamily Amphiboloidea J.E. Gray, 1840
    • Superfamily Chilinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
    • Superfamily Glacidorboidea Ponder, 1986
    • Superfamily Lymnaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815
    • Superfamily Planorboidea Rafinesque, 1815
    • Superfamily Siphonarioidea J.E. Gray, 1840
• Suborder Eupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
  • Infraorder Acteophila Dall, 1885 (= formerly Archaeopulmonata)
    • Superfamily Melampoidea Stimpson, 1851
  • Infraorder Trimusculiformes Minichev & Starobogatov, 1975
    • Superfamily Trimusculoidea Zilch, 1959
  • Infraorder Stylommatophora A. Schmidt, 1856 (land snails)

• • • Subinfraorder Orthurethra
    • Superfamily Achatinelloidea Gulick, 1873
    • Superfamily Cochlicopoidea Pilsbry, 1900
    • Superfamily Partuloidea Pilsbry, 1900
    • Superfamily Pupilloidea Turton, 1831

• • • Subinfraorder Sigmurethra
    • Superfamily Acavoidea Pilsbry, 1895
    • Superfamily Achatinoidea Swainson, 1840
    • Superfamily Aillyoidea Baker, 1960
    • Superfamily Arionoidea J.E. Gray in Turnton, 1840
    • Superfamily Buliminoidea Clessin, 1879
    • Superfamily Camaenoidea Pilsbry, 1895
    • Superfamily Clausilioidea Mörch, 1864
    • Superfamily Dyakioidea Gude & Woodward, 1921
    • Superfamily Gastrodontoidea Tryon, 1866
    • Superfamily Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815
    • Superfamily Helixarionoidea Bourguignat, 1877
    • Superfamily Limacoidea Rafinesque, 1815
    • Superfamily Oleacinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
    • Superfamily Orthalicoidea Albers-Martens, 1860
    • Superfamily Plectopylidoidea Moellendorf, 1900
    • Superfamily Polygyroidea Pilsbry, 1894
    • Superfamily Punctoidea Morse, 1864
    • Superfamily Rhytidoidea Pilsbry, 1893
    • Superfamily Sagdidoidera Pilsbry, 1895
    • Superfamily Staffordioidea Thiele, 1931
    • Superfamily Streptaxoidea J.E. Gray, 1806
    • Superfamily Strophocheiloidea Thiele, 1926
    • Superfamily Trigonochlamydoidea Hese, 1882
    • Superfamily Zonitoidea Mörch, 1864

• • • ? Superfamily Athoracophoroidea P. Fischer, 1883 (= Tracheopulmonata)
    • ? Superfamily Succineoidea Beck, 1837 (= Heterurethra)

C. S. Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783-September 18, 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. ... Johannes Thiele (1860 - 1935) was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. ... John Edward Gray. ... C. S. Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783-September 18, 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. ... C. S. Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783-September 18, 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. ... John Edward Gray. ... William Healey Dall, (August 21, 1845 - March 27, 1927), was a great American naturalist and a prominent malacologist. ... John Edward Gray. ... C. S. Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783-September 18, 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. ... C. S. Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783-September 18, 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. ... Johannes Thiele (1860 - 1935) was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. ... John Edward Gray. ... Johannes Thiele (1860 - 1935) was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. ...

External links

• Pulmonate Snails & Slugs in Captivity