Orthalicidae

Orthalicidae
A large orthalicid from eastern Peru (probably of the genus Sultana), recovering from substantial shell damage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Orthalicidae
Albers, 1860[1]
Subfamilies

Amphibuliminae P.Fischer, 1873
Bulimulinae Tryon, 1867
Orthalicinae Albers, 1850

Diversity
~1450 species (without Amphibulimidae)[2]
Synonyms

Bulimulidae Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873 (but see text)

Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora. They are medium-sized to large snails, from about 3 cm (about 1.2 inches) to 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) in shell length.

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Taxonomy

In former times, this family was often known as the Bulimulidae, but this term may also denote what today is the subfamily Bulimulinae. The subfamily Bulimulinae replaces the former family Bulimulidae Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873.

2005 taxonomy

The Orthalicidae belong to the Orthalicoidea, a superfamily in the clade Sigmurethra. Like other stylommatophorans, the Sigmurethra belong to the suborder Eupulmonata. Among the three subfamilies of Orthalicidae, the Bulimulinae are the most diverse, consisting of three tribes:[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Orthalicidae include:

subfamily Amphibuliminae

subfamily Bulimulinae

subfamily Orthalicinae

References

  1. ^ Albers J. C. 1860. (Manuscript edited by Eduard von Martens) Die Heliceeen nach natürlicher Vervandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Edition 2, Engelmann, Leipzig, xviii + 359 pp., Orthalicidae is at page 209.
  2. ^ a b c d e Breure A., Groenenberg D. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "Gondwana revisited: New insights in the phylogenetic relationships within the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Stylommatophora)". poster. PDF.
  3. ^ a b c d 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. 
  4. ^ a b c d 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. 
  5. ^ Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM.

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