Orculidae

Orculidae

Orcula dolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918
Genera
see text

Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.

Taxonomy

The family Orculidae contains two subfamilies (according to Hausdorf 1996^[1] and the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Odontocycladinae Hausdorf, 1996
Orculinae Pilsbry, 1918 - synonyms: Pagodininae Pilsbry, 1918 (inv.); Pagodulininae Pilsbry, 1924

Genera

Genera within the family Orculidae include:^[1]

Odontocycladinae Hausdorf, 1996
- Odontocyclas Schlüter, 1838
- Walklea Gittenberger, 1978
Orculinae Pilsbry, 1918
- Alvariella Hausdorf 1996
- Orcula Held, 1838
- Orculella Steenberger, 1925
- Pagodulina Clessin, 1876
- Pilorcula Germain, 1912
- Schileykula Gittenberger, 1983
- Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837

References

1 2 Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 125 (1/2): 1-86.

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