Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [3]
| Gastrodontidae | |
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| Two shells of Zonitoides nitidus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae Tryon, 1866 [2] |
| Type genus | |
| Gastrodonta Albers, 1850 | |
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of the Gastrodontidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical and Hawaii.[4]
Anatomy
Some snail species in this family use love darts made of cartilage.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[5]
Genera
Genera within the family include:
- Gastrodonta Albers, 1850 - type species of the family
- Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927
- Archaegopis Wenz in K. Fischer & Wenz, 1914 †
- Atlantica Ancey, 1887
- Glyphyalinia E. von Martens, 1892
- Godwinia Sykes, 1900
- Janulus Lowe, 1852[6]
- Janulus bifrons (R. T. Lowe, 1831)[6]
- Janulus pompylius (Shuttleworth, 1852)[6]
- Janulus stephanophorus (Deshayes, 1850)[6]
- Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
- Nesovitrea C. M. Cooke, 1921
- Patulopsis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
- Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928
- Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884 - Bermuda land snail
- Pseudohyalina Morse, 1864
- Retinella P. Fischer, 1877
- Striatura E. S. Morse, 1864[6]
- Striatura milium (Whittemore, 1859)[6]
- Striaturops Baker, 1928
- Ventridens W. G. Binney & Bland, 1869
- Vermetum Wollaston, 1878
- Vitrinizonites W.G. Binney, 1879
- Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862[6][7]
Cladogram
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of families in the limacoid clade:[4]
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References
- "Family summary for Gastrodontidae". AnimalBase, accessed 3 September 2010.
- Tryon G. W. (1 July) 1866. Monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. American Journal of Conchology, 2(3): 218-277, plates 1-4. Page 242 and page 254.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gastrodontidae Tryon, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821641 on 2020-05-08
- Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
- 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.
- "Gastrodontidae". Fauna Europaea, accessed 4 September 2010.
- "Genera in family Gastrodontidae" [n=2]. AnimalBase, accessed 3 September 2010.
Further reading
- Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309-1466.
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