Charopidae

Charopidae
Three views of a shell of Radiodiscus patagonicus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Punctoidea
Family:	Charopidae Hutton, 1884
Genera
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Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails (and semi-slugs such as Otoconcha dimidiata), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Subfamilies and genera

The family Charopidae consists of the following subfamilies:

• Charopinae Hutton, 1884 - synonyms: Phenacohelicidae Suter, 1892; Flammulinidae Crosse, 1895; Amphidoxinae Thiele, 1931; Dipnelicidae Iredale, 1937; Hedleyoconchidae Iredale, 1942; Pseudocharopidae Iredale, 1944; Trachycystidae Schileyko, 1986; Therasiinae Schileyko, 2001; Flammoconchinae Schileyko, 2001; Ranfurlyinae Schileyko, 2001
• Otoconchinae Cockerell, 1893
• Rotadiscinae H. B. Baker, 1927
• Semperdoninae Solem, 1983
• Thysanotinae Godwin-Austen, 1907
• Trukcharopinae Solem, 1983

Genera in the family Charopidae include:^[1]

Charopinae

• Discocharopa Iredale, 1913
• Sinployea Solem, 1983
• Ba Solem, 1983
• Maafu Solem, 1983
• Lauopa Solem, 1983
• Tuimalila Solem, 1983
• Lagivala Solem, 1983
• Vatusila Solem, 1983
• Graeffedon Solem, 1983

Otoconchinae

• Otoconcha Hutton, 1884 - type genus of the subfamily Otoconchinae

Rotadiscinae

• Microcharopa Solem, 1983

Semperdoninae

• Semperdon Solem, 1983
• Landronellum Solem, 1983
• Himeroconcha Solem, 1983

Thysanotinae

• ...

Trukcharopinae

• Trukcharopa Solem, 1983
• Kubaryiellus Solem, 1983
• Russatus Solem, 1983
• Roimontis Solem, 1983
• Palikirus Solem, 1983
• Jokajdon Solem, 1983
• Palline Solem, 1983

? subfamily

• Austrodiscus Parodiz, 1957
• Bischoffena
• Opanara Solem, 1976
• Philalanka Godwin-Austen, 1898
• Radioconus
• Radiodiscus
• Suteria Pilsbry, 1892
• Thysanota Albers, 1860

For other genera see Category:Charopidae

References

1. Solem A. (30 December 1982) Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part II. Families Punctidae and Charopidae, Zoogeography. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. ISSN 0015-0754.

External links

• "Charopidae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).