Pulmonate

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
Order Pulmonata Cuvier in Blainville, 1814 (pulmonates)
 * Suborder Systellommatophora Pilsbry, 1948
 * Superfamily Onchidioidea Rafinesque, 1815
 * Superfamily Otinoidea H. & A. Adams, 1855
 * Superfamily Rathouisioidea Sarasin, 1889
 * Suborder Basommatophora Keferstein in Bronn, 1864 (freshwater pulmonates, pond snails)
 * 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
 * Suborder Eupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
 * 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)