Gastrodontidae

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Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Helicina
Gastrodontidae
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent ?Upper Paleocene, Upper Oligocene-Recent[1]
Two shells of Zonitoides nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Tryon, 1866[2]
Type genus
Gastrodonta
Tryon, 1866
Genera

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Synonyms[3]
  • Gastrodontinae Tryon, 1866 superseded rank
  • Godwiniinae C. M. Cooke, 1921

Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[3]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

The distribution of the Gastrodontidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical and Hawaii.[4] There are some representatives in Bermuda and Madeira.

Anatomy

Some snail species in this family use love darts made of cartilage.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[5]

Genera

Genera within the family include:

Synonyms
  • Aegopina Kobelt, 1879: synonym of Retinella P. Fischer, 1877
  • Alienitor Iredale, 1937: synonym of Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862 (junior synonym)
  • Bermudia Ancey, 1887: synonym of Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884
  • Edusa Albers, 1860: synonym of Mesomphix (Moreletia) Gray, 1855 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
  • Glyphognomon H. B. Baker, 1930: synonym of Glyphyalinia E. von Martens, 1892
  • Glyphyaloides H. B. Baker, 1930: synonym of Glyphyalus H. B. Baker, 1928
  • Juno Mazyck, 1889: synonym of Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884
  • Namoitena Iredale, 1933: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
  • Omphalina Rafinesque, 1831: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819 (original rank)
  • Politenella Balashov, 2016: synonym of Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927
  • Pseudohyalinia [sic]: synonym of Pseudohyalina E. S. Morse, 1864 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Zonitellus H. B. Baker, 1928: synonym of Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862

Cladogram

References

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