The Pulmonata or "pulmonates" are an order (once a subclass) of snails and slugs that have developed a pallial lung and thus can breathe air. The group includes many land and freshwater families and a few marine ones.

Pulmonata are known from the Carboniferous to the recent periods.

Taxonomy

• Suborder Systellommatophora Pilsbry, 1948
• Superfamily Onchidioidea Rafinesque, 1815
• Superfamily Otinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
• Superfamily Rathouisioidea Sarasin, 1889

• 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

• 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)

References

External links

• Pulmonate snails & slugs in captivity
• Camaenidae (snails) of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site