Xanthonychidae
| Xanthonychidae | |
|---|---|
| Averellia desidens shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879 |
| Type genus | |
| Xanthonyx | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Epiphragmophoridae Hoffmann, 1928 | |
Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is within the superorder Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).