Chronidae

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Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Helicina
Chronidae
Exrhysota brookei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Chronidae
Thiele, 1931
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Ryssotidae Schileyko, 2003

Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata.[1]

Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Chronidae include:

Synonyms
  • Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)
  • Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name)
  • Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)

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