Acavidae
Family of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.[1]
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| A live individual of Helicophanta gloriosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
| Family: | Acavidae Pilsbry, 1895 |
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Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[2]
Genera
The family Acavidae has no subfamilies.
Genera in the family Acavidae include:[3]
- Acavus Montfort, 1810
- Ampelita Beck, 1837
- Embertoniphanta Groh & Poppe, 2002
- Eurystyla Ancey, 1887
- Helicophanta Férussac, 1821
- Oligospira Ancey, 1887
- † Pebasiconcha Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999 - with the only species † Pebasiconcha immanis Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999[4]
- Reticulapex Emberton & Pearce, 2000
- Stylodonta De Cristofori & Jan, 1832
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Acavella Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of Oligospira Ancey, 1887
- Columplica W. Hartmann, 1843: synonym of Stylodonta De Cristofori & Jan, 1832
- Poecilostylus Pilsbry, 1890: synonym of Eurystyla Ancey, 1887
- Stylodon H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Stylodonta De Cristofori & Jan, 1832
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