Cochlicopidae
| Cochlicopidae | |
|---|---|
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| a live Cochlicopa lubrica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Pulmonata |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Cochlicopoidea |
| Family: | Cochlicopidae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) |
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[1]
Taxonomy
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- subfamily Cochlicopinae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) - synonyms: Cionellidae L. Pfeiffer, 1879; Zuidae Bourguignat, 1884
- subfamily Azecinae Watson, 1920 - synonym: Cryptazecinae Schileyko, 1999
Genera
The family Cochlicopidae includes the following genera:
subfamily Cochlicopinae
- Cochlicopa Férussac, 1821 - synonym: Cionella Jeffreys, 1830[2]
subfamily Azecinae
- Azeca Fleming, 1828
- Cryptazeca Folin & Bérillon, 1877
- Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858[3]
References
- ↑ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
- ↑ "Cochlicopa A. Ferussac 1821". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
- ↑ "Hypnophila Bourguignat 1858". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
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