Spiraxidae

Spiraxidae

Euglandina rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Testacelloidea
Family:	Spiraxidae H. B. Baker, 1939
Genera
See text
Diversity
over 260 species in Central America^[1] + some more in South America

Spiraxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

1 Distribution
2 Taxonomy
- 2.1 2005 taxonomy
- 2.2 2010 taxonomy
3 Genera
4 Ecology
5 References

Distribution

Neotropical.^[1]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

The Spiraxidae family is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[2]

The family Spiraxidae consists of the following subfamilies:

Spiraxinae H. B. Baker, 1939
Micromeninae Schileyko, 2000

2010 taxonomy

Thompson (2010)^[1] have redefined subfamilies in Spiraxidae and have moved Euglandininae and Streptostylinae as subfamilies of Spiraxidae. There are three subfamilies within Spiraxidae:

Spiraxinae H. B. Baker, 1939 - including Micromena
Euglandininae H. B. Baker, 1941
Streptostylinae H. B. Baker, 1941

Apparently, this is not universally accepted, as Fauna Europaea states another systematics for the Euglandininae subfamily, still placing it among the Oleacinidae family ^[3].

Genera

Genera in the family Spiraxidae include:

subfamily Spiraxinae include seven^[1] genera:

Mayaxis Thompson, 1995^[1]
Micromena H. B. Baker, 1939^[1] - it was the type genus of subfamily Micromeninae
Miraradula Baker, 1939^[1]
Pseudosubulina Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882^[1]
Rectaxis Baker, 1926^[1]
Spiraxis C. B. Adams, 1850^[1] - type genus of family Spiraxidae
Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882^[1]

subfamily Euglandininae

Euglandina Crosse & P. Fischer, 1870 - type genus of the subfamily Euglandininae^[2]
Guillarmodia H. B. Baker, 1941^[4]
Pittieria von Martens, 1901^[4]
Poiretia Fischer, 1883^[5]
Varicoglandina Pilsbry, 1908^[4]
Varicoturris Pilsbry, 1907^[4]

subfamily Streptostylinae

Myxastyla Thompson, 1995^[4]
Oryzosoma Pilsbry, 1891^[4]
Salasiella Strebel, 1877^[4]
Strebelia Crosse & Fischer, 1868^[4]
Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852^[4] - type genus of the subfamily Streptostylinae

Ecology

Carnivorous.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Thompson F. G. (2010). "Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical 58(1): 195-202. PubMed, PDF.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Poiretia P. Fischer 1883". Fauna Europaea, accessed 17 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 14 January 2011.
^ "Poiretia P. Fischer 1883". Fauna Europaea, accessed 17 January 2011.