Pleurodontidae
Family of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [1]
| Pleurodontidae | |
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| 1868 painting of Pleurodonte bainbridgii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Pleurodontidae H. von Ihering, 1912 |
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This family is classified within the order Stylommatophora within the superorder Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2] This family has no subfamilies.[2]
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. The stimulatory organ is equally missing.
Genera
Genera within this family include:
- Coloniconcha Pilsbry, 1933 - with the only species Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933[3]
- Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 - either separate genus (with a synonym: Lucerna)[4] or as a synonym of Pleurodonte[5]
- Discolepis Ancey, 1904
- Eurycratera Beck, 1837[6]
- Eurycratera jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791)[6]
- † Ganeselloides Yen, 1969
- Gonostomopsis Pilsbry, 1889
- Lucerna Swainson, 1840
- Pleurodonte Fischer de Waldheim, 1807
- Thelidomus Swainson, 1840[7] (or in Camaenidae)
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