Oxychilidae
Family of gastropods
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Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.
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| A live individual of the semi-slug species Daudebardia rufa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Oxychilidae Hesse in Geyer, 1927 (1879)[1] |
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Distribution
The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.[3]
Taxonomy
The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Subfamily Oxychilinae Hesse, 1927 (1879) - synonyms: Helicellinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (inv.); Hyalininae Clessin, 1876 (inv.); Hyaliniinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879; Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
- Subfamily Daudebardiinae Kobelt, 1906
- Subfamily Godwiniinae Cooke, 1921
- Subfamily Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
Genera
Genera within the Oxychilidae include:
Subfamily Oxychilinae
- Allogenes Gude, 1911
- Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977
- Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914
- Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879
- Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966
- Eopolita Pollonera, 1916
- Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889
- Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998
- Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
- Morlina A. J. Wagner 1914[5] - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
- Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833[5]
- Pseudopolita Germain, 1908
- Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963
Subfamily Daudebardiinae
- Carpathica A. J. Wagner, 1895[6]
- Daudebardia Hartmann, 1821[5][6] - type genus of the subfamily Daudebardiinae
Subfamily Nastiinae
- Nastia Riedel, 1989
- Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914
Subfamily incertae sedis
- Selenochlamys Boettger, 1883
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families within the limacoid clade:[3]
