Bulimulinae
Bulimulinae is a taxonomic subfamily of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
Distribution
Distribution of Bulimulinae includes Ecuador (9 genera)[3] and other South American countries.
Anatomy
Members of this subfamily have a haploid chromosome number between 26 to 30 (according to the values in this table).[4]
Taxonomy
Previously, the members of the Orthalicidae were also included in this subfamily, as the subfamily Orthalicinae, and the taxa listed here were placed in their own subfamily, the Bulimulinae.[5]
2005 taxonomy
The subfamily Bulimulinae includes 3 tribes:[2]
- Tribe Bulimulini Tryon, 1867 - synonyms: Bulimidae Guilding, 1828 (inv.); Berendtiinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1872; Bothiembryontidae Iredale, 1937
- Tribe Odontostomini Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 - synonym: Tomogeridae Jousseaume, 1877
- Tribe Simpulopsini Schileyko, 1999
Genera
Genera in the subfamily Bulimulinae include:
- tribe Simpulopsini
- Simpulopsis Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini[2][3]
- unsorted:
- Auris Spix, 1827[6]
- Bostryx Troschel, 1847[3]
- Cochlorina Jan, 1830
- Diplomorpha Ancey, 1884
- Drymaeus Albers, 1850[6][3]
- Dryptus Martens, 1860[6]
- Eudolichotis Pilsbry, 1896
- Naesiotus Albers, 1850[7][6][3]
- Neopetraeus Martens, 1885
- Newboldius Pilsbry, 1932
- Otostomus Beck, 1837
- Oxychona Moerch, 1852
- Plectostylus Beck, 1837
- Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828[7][8][6][3]
- Rabdotus Albers, 1850
- Scutalus Albers, 1850[9][3]
- Stenostylus Pilsbry, 1898[6][3]
- Tasmanembryon Iredale, 1933
- Thaumastus Albers, 1860[6][3] - synonym: Tholus Strebel, 1909[10][9]
- Xenothauma Fulton 1896[11][12]
Odontostomini
Species in tribe Odontostomini have the aperture obstructed by internal lamellae, folds or teeth (rarely absent by degeneration); the base is perforate or has an umbilical suture; and the genitalia are extremely lengthened. Jaw either plaited or solid.[13]
Odontostomini is clearly a natural group of genera, confined to South America east of the Andes, and with the exception of some species, south of the Amazon. That the whole series had its inception in a form in which the characteristic apertural teeth had already been developed, is demonstrated by the fact that these lamella and folds are clearly homologous throughout the species of the several genera. It follows from this that the toothless forms, such as Moricandia, are secondarily so, by degeneration of the teeth of their ancestors. Many species show the various stages of tooth degeneration.[13]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[13]
- ^ Binney, W. G., 1878. The terrestrial shell-bearing mollusks of the United States and the adjacent territories of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard), vol. 5.
- ^ a b c d e Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. abstract.
- ^ 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. Cited as Bulimulidae in the source.
- ^ Pilsbry, 1946. Land mollusca of North America north of Mexico. vol. II part 1. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. pp. 1-520.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Biota Colombiana 9 (1): 39–62. http://www.siac.net.co/biota/bitstream/123456789/245/1/malacofauna.pdf.
- ^ a b Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.
- ^ Beaure A. S. H. & Schlögl J. 2010). "Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 2416: 51-60. abstract.
- ^ a b Breure A. S. H. (1979). "Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulinae (Mollusca)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 168: 1-215, figs 1-182, pls. 1-3, tables 1-5. PDF.
- ^ Abbott R. T. (1989). Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc., Melbourne, Florida. ISBN 0-915826-23-2
- ^ Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.
- ^ Powell, A. W. B., 1979. New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- ^ a b c Pilsbry H. A. 1901. in Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. 1901-1902 - Oriental Bulimoid Helicidae. Odontostominae. Cerionidae Volume 14. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. page 24.
Further reading
- (German) Neubert E. & Janssen R. (2004). "Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 84: Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae (2), Orthalicidae, Placostylidae". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 133: 193-297. abstract.