Trissexodontidae

Trissexodontidae
Apertural view of the shell of Trissexodon constrictus. Scale is in mm. A regularly ribbed shell is one of the characteristics of this family.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Trissexodontidae
H. Nordsieck, 1987
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Caracollinini H. Nordsieck, 1987
  • Oestophorini H. Nordsieck, 1987
  • Mastigophallini Schileyko, 1991
  • Gittenbergeriinae Schileyko, 1991

Trissexodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family has no subfamilies. The family Trissexodontidae was separated out from the families Hygromiidae and Helicodontidae, and some authors still classify these species within those families.