Maizaniidae

Maizaniidae Temporal range: 28.4–present Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Maizaniella sapoensis shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Maizaniidae Tielecke, 1940[2]

Maizaniidae is a family of small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[3]

This family has no subfamilies.[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Maizaniidae include:

• Maizania Bourguignat, 1889 - the type genus of the family[3]
• Maizaniella Bequaert & Clench, 1836
• Neomaizania Van Bruggen, 1985
• Thomeomaizania Bequeart and Clench, 1936

References

1. "Family Maizaniidae Tielecke 1940 (snail)", Fossilworks, accessed 18 June 2016.
2. Tielecke H. (August 15) 1940. "Anatomie, Phylogenie un Tiergeographie der Cyclophoriden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. New series, 9(3): 317-371, page 365.
3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.