Acavidae
Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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| A live individual of Helicophanta gloriosa | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Family: | Acavidae Pilsbry, 1895 |
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Clavatoridae Thiele, 1926 | |
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[1]
Genera
The family Acavidae has no subfamilies.
Genera in the family Acavidae include:[2]
- Acavus Montfort, 1810
- Ampelita Beck, 1837
- Embertoniphanta Groh & Poppe, 2002
- Eurystyla Ancey, 1887
- Helicophanta Férussac, 1821
- Leucotaenius Martens, 1860
- Oligospira Ancey, 1887
- † Pebasiconcha Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999 - with the only species † Pebasiconcha immanis Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999[3]
- 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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References
- Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
- http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008
- Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 133: 19-290. Figure 274. abstract, PDF
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