Lithoglyphidae


Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
This family is in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Taxonomy

Taylor, Ponder & Warén and Kabat & Hershler considered this taxon as a subfamily Lithoglyphinae within Hydrobiidae. Radoman considered Lithoglyphidae as a separate family. Bernasconi considered this taxon as a tribe Lithoglyphini in the Hydrobiinae within Hydrobiidae.

2005 taxonomy

The family Lithoglyphidae consists of 2 subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. It follows Wilke et al., Hausdorf et al. and includes Lepyriidae according to Thompson.