Aciculidae
| Aciculidae | |
|---|---|
| Platyla polita | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Aciculidae J. E. Gray, 1850 |
| Synonyms | |
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Acmaeidae Pollonera, 1905 (inv.) | |
The Aciculidae are a family of small land snails that have opercula.
Even though Aciculidae are land snails, they live in rather wet conditions, among mosses and dead leaves and they have sometimes been described as "winkles come ashore".