Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
Anatomy
Some snails in genera within this family create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[1]
Taxonomy
The family Hygromiidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- subfamily Hygromiinae Tryon, 1866
- tribe Hygromiini Tryon, 1866 - synonym: Cernuellini Schileyko, 1991
- tribe Archaicini Schileyko, 1978
- tribe Helicellini Ihering, 1909 - synonym: Jacostidae Pilsbry, 1948 (inv.)
- tribe Leptaxini C. Boettger, 1909
- tribe Metafruticicolini Schileyko, 1972
- tribe Trochulini Lindholm, 1927 - synonym: Trichiinae Ložek, 1956; Helicopsini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- subfamily Ciliellinae Schileyko, 1970 - synonym: Canariellini Schileyko, 1991
- subfamily Geomitrinae C. Boettger, 1909
- tribe Geomitrini C. Boettger, 1909 - synonym: Ochthephilinae Zilch, 1960 (n.a.)
- tribe Paedhoplitini Schileyko, 1978
- tribe Trochoideini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- subfamily Monachainae Wenz, 1930 (1904) - Carthusianini Kobelt, 1904; Euomphaliinae Schileyko, 1978; Hesseolinae schileyko, 1991
- subfamily Ponentininae Schileyko, 1991
Genera
Genera with the family Hygromiidae include:
The type genus of this family is Hygromia Risso, 1826.
subfamily Hygromiinae
- tribe Metafruticicolini
- Metafruticicola Ihering, 1892
- tribe incerta[4]
- Xerosecta Monterosato, 1892
- Xeromagna Monterosato, 1892
- Microxeromagna Ortiz De Zárate López, 1950
subfamily Ciliellinae
subfamily Geomitrinae
- tribe Geomitrini
- Actinella R. T. Lowe, 1852[5]
- Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852[5]
- Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852[5]
- Disculella Pilsbry, 1895[5]
- Hystricella R. T. Lowe 1855[5]
- Geomitra Swainson, 1840[5]
- Heterostoma W. Hartmann, 1843[5]
- Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855[5]
- Lemniscia R. T. Lowe, 1855[5]
- Moreletina de Frias Martins, 2002[5]
- Pseudocampylaea L. Pfeiffer, 1877[5]
- Serratorotula Groh & Hemmen, 1986[5]
- Spirorbula R. T. Lowe, 1852[5]
- tribe Paedhoplitini
- tribe Trochoideini
subfamily Monachainae
subfamily Ponentininae
subfamily ?
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.
- ^ "Lozekia Hudec 1970". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
- ^ Schileyko A. A. & Horsák M. (2007). "A new genus and two new species of Hygromiidae (Pulmonata) from southern Siberia". Ruthenica 17(1-2): 69-72. abstract.
- ^ Cucherat X. & Demuynck S. (2006). "Catalogue annoté des Gastéropodes terrestres (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de la région Nord - Pas-de-Calais". MalaCo, Bulletin de la Malacologie Continentale Française, (2): page 81. http://www.journal-malaco.fr/page-5.html
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Geomitrini". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 4 August 2011.
- ^ "Trochoidea T. Brown 1827". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
- ^ "Plentuisa Puente & Prieto 1992". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
- ^ "Ponentina P. Hesse 1921". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
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