Amphibolidae is a family of air-breathing snails with opercula, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.

This family of pulmonate gastropods, for breathe air, but also have opercula and at least some species go through a free-swimming veliger stage.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), it was an only family within a superfamily Amphiboloidea in the informal group Basommatophora, within the Pulmonata.

2010 taxonomy

Jörger et al. (2010) have moved Amphiboloidea to Panpulmonata.

Genera

Genera and species within the family Amphibolidae include:

  • Amphibola Schumacher, 1817
  • Lactiforis Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
  • Naranjia Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007 - with the only one species: Naranjia swatowensis (Yen, 1939)
  • Phallomedusa Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
  • Salinator Hedley, 1900

Genera brought into synonymy

  • Ampullacera Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817
  • Thallicera Swainson, 1840: synonym of Amphibola Schumacher, 1817