Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005
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This overview lists proposed changes in the taxonomy of gastropods at the family level and above since 2005, when the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) was published. In other words, these are recent updates in the way various groups of snails and slugs are classified.
Changes in subfamilies are outlined in the respective articles about each particular family. Unchanged taxa are not listed here.
In one of the largest recent changes (affecting the most species of gastropods), Klussmann-Kolb et al. (2008)[1] showed that the traditional classification of the Euthyneura needed to be reconsidered. The change was subsequently made by Jörger et al. (2010),[2] who redefined the major groups within the Heterobranchia.
A great number of major changes have been made within the classification of the Conoidea since 2011.
In the 2017 issue of "Malacologia" journal (available online from 4 January 2018) new much updated version of 2005 "Bouchet & Rocroi" taxonomy was published: "Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families".[3]