Cerastidae

Cerastidae
Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Cerastidae
Wenz, 1923
Synonyms
  • Cerastuidae Wenz, 1930
  • Pachnodidae Steenberg, 1925

Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora.