Pleurodontidae
| Pleurodontidae | |
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| 1868 painting of Pleurodonte bainbridgii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912 |
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Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is classified within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1] This family has no subfamilies.[1]
The family Pleurodontidae includes some American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family Camaenidae, a taxon whose monophyly was in doubt.
Anatomy
Pleurodontids are defined by a missing diverticulum. However the diverticulum is partially present in the genus Solaropsis. The stimulatory organ is equally missing. However, Solaropsis has in part a penial stimulator and a divided penis retractor muscle.
Genera
Genera within this family include:
- Caracolus Montfort, 1810 - synonyms: Caracolla Montfort, 1810; Discodoma Swainson, 1840; Serpentulus Adams, 1855; Wurtzorbis[2]
- Coloniconcha Pilsbry, 1933 - with the only species Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933[3]
- Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 - either separate genus (with a synonym: Lucerna)[2] or as a synonym of Pleurodonte[4]
- Eurycratera Beck, 1837[5]
- Eurycratera jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Labyrinthus Beck 1837 - synonym: Lampadion Röding, 1798[2]
- Pleurodonte Fischer de Waldheim 1807
- Psadara Miller, 1878 - synonym or subgenus of Solaropsis
- Solaropsis Beck, 1837
- Thelidomus Swainson, 1840 (or in Camaenidae)
- Zachrysia Pilsbry, 1926 (or in Camaenidae)
References
- 1 2 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 2 3 Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906.
- ↑ Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.
- ↑ Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana 9 (1): 39–62.
- 1 2 Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.
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- Hartmut Nordsieck, Higher classification of Helicoidea and the molecular analyses of their phylogeny