Caryodidae is a taxonomic family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea

Acavoidea

The Acavoidea are a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.This taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986...

 (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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This family is endemic to eastern Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

).

This family was previously treated as a subfamily of the family Acavidae

Acavidae

Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea .- Anatomy :...

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Genera

The family Caryodidae has no subfamilies.

Genera and species within this family include:

• Anoglypta
  Anoglypta
  Anoglypta is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Caryodidae.-Species:This genus contains the following species:* Anoglypta launcestonensis Reeve, 1853 - Granulated Tasmanian snail...
  
  Martens, 1860
• Brazieresta Iredale, 1933
• Caryodes Albers, 1850 - type genus
• Hedleyella Iredale, 1914
• Pandofella Iredale, 1933
• Pedinogyra Albers, 1860
  • Pedinogyra allani Iredale, 1937
  • Pedinogyra effossa Iredale, 1937
  • Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
  • Pedinogyra minor (Mousson, 1869)
  • Pedinogyra hayii (Reeve, 1852)
  • Pedinogyra rotabilis
    Pedinogyra rotabilis
    Pedinogyra rotabilis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Caryodidae.-Distribution:This species is endemic to Australia.- External links :...
    
    (Reeve, 1852)
• Pygmipanda Iredale, 1933

Further reading

• Murphy M. J. (2002). "Observations on the behaviour of the Australian land snail Hedleyella falconeri (Grey, 1834) (Pulmonata : Caryodidae) using the spool-and-line tracking technique". Molluscan Research 22(2): 149-164. doi:10.1071/MR02007, PDF.