Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
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1868 painting of Pleurodonte bainbridgii | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Family: | Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912 |
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This family is classified within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1] This family has no subfamilies.[1]
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. However the diverticulum is partially present in the genus Solaropsis. The stimulatory organ is equally missing. However, Solaropsis has in part a penial stimulator and a divided penis retractor muscle.
Genera
Genera within this family include:
- Caracolus Montfort, 1810 - synonyms: Caracolla Montfort, 1810; Discodoma Swainson, 1840; Serpentulus Adams, 1855; Wurtzorbis[2]
- Coloniconcha Pilsbry, 1933 - with the only species Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933[3]
- Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 - either separate genus (with a synonym: Lucerna)[2] or as a synonym of Pleurodonte[4]
- Eurycratera Beck, 1837[5]
- Eurycratera jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Labyrinthus Beck 1837 - synonym: Lampadion Röding, 1798[2]
- Pleurodonte Fischer de Waldheim, 1807
- Psadara Miller, 1878 - synonym or subgenus of Solaropsis[6]
- Solaropsis Beck, 1837
- Thelidomus Swainson, 1840[7] (or in Camaenidae)
- Zachrysia Pilsbry, 1926[8][9] (or in Camaenidae)
References
- Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906.
- Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.
- Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
- Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.
- Bank, R. (2017). "Solaropsis (Psadara) K. Miller, 1878". WORMS - World Register of Marine Species.
- Bank, R. (July 2017). "Thelidomus Swainson, 1840". WORMS - World Register of Marine Species.
- A. Mijail Pérez y J. Espinoza (1993). "Catálogo, claves y bibliografía de la familia Camaenidae (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) en Cuba". Portal de Revistas Académicas Universidad de Costa Rica.
- Patricia Lakeman, Jose Freire. "Zachrysia auricoma havanensis (Pilsbry, 1926)". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
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