Thysanophoridae

Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Thysanophoridae
Three views of a shell of Microphysula cookei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Thysanophoridae

Genera

See text

These are common woodland snails of North America. They also occur in a few recorded spots in South America.

This family is defined by the absence of both a diverticulum and a stimulatory organ.

Subfamilies

There are no subfamilies in Thysanophoridae.

Genera

Genera within the family Thysanophoridae include:

  • Hojeda H. B. Baker, 1926
  • Itzamna (unconfirmed)
  • Lyroconus (unconfirmed)
  • Mcleania (unconfirmed)
  • Microconus (unconfirmed)
  • Microphysula Cockerell, 1926 - Spruce snails
  • Miroconus (unconfirmed)
  • Pulchriconus (unconfirmed)
  • Setidiscus (unconfirmed)
  • Suavitas (unconfirmed)
  • Thysanophora Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus
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References
  1. Pilsbry H. A. 1926 (5 August). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 78: 57-126, plates 9-10, Thysanophoridae at p. 107.


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