Subulinidae
Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.
Distribution
Worldwide.[1]
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[3]
Subfamilies
The family Subulinidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[4] (The following unreferenced unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))
- Subulininae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
- Coeliaxinae Pilsbry, 1907[5] - synonym: Cryptelasminae Germain, 1916; Pyrgininae Germain, 1916
- Glessulinae Godwin-Austen, 1920
- Opeatinae Thiele, 1931
- Petriolinae Schileyko, 1999
- Rishetiinae Schileyko, 1999
- Rumininae Wenz, 1923
- Stenogyrinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877 - synonym: Obeliscinae Thiele, 1931
Genera
Genera in the family Subulinidae include:
Subulininae
- Abaconia Clench, 1938
- Allopeas H. B. Baker, 1935
- Beckianum Baker, 1961[6]
- Curvella Chaper, 1885
- Dysopeas Baker, 1927[7]
- Euonyma Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896
- Hypolysia Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
- Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882[6]
- Leptopeas Baker, 1927[7]
- Leptinaria Beck, 1837[6]
- Luntia Smith, 1898
- Micropeas Connolly, 1923
- Neoglessula Pilsbry, 1909
- Paropeas Pilsbry, 1906[8][9]
- Pelatrinia Pilsbry, 1907
- Prosopeas Mörch, 1876
- Pseudoglessula Boettger, 1892
- Pseudopeas Putzeys, 1899
- Striosubulina Thiele, 1933
- Subulina Beck, 1837[6] - type genus of the family Subulinidae[4]
- Zootecus Westerlund, 1887[10]
Coeliaxinae
- Coeliaxis H. Adams & Angas, 1865 - type genus of the subfamily Coeliaxinae[4]
- Cryptelasmus Pilsbry, 1907[4][6]
- Ischnocion Pilsbry, 1907
- Nannobeliscus Weyrauch, 1967
- Neosubulina Smith, 1898
- Pseudobalea Shuttleworth, 1854
- Pyrgina Greef, 1882[4]
- Thomea Girard, 1893
Glessulinae
- Glessula Martens, 1860 - type genus of the subfamily Glessulinae[4]
Opeatinae
- Eremopeas Pilsbry, 1906
- Opeas Albers, 1850[6] - type genus of the subfamily Opeatinae[4]
Petriolinae
- Bocageia Girard, 1893
- Ceras Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901
- Chilonopsis Fischer de Waldheim, 1848
- Cleostyla Dall, 1896
- Comoropeas Pilsbry, 1906
- Dictyoglessula Pilsbry, 1919
- Homorus Albers, 1850
- Ischnoglessula Pilsbry, 1919
- Itiopiana Preston, 1910
- Kempioconcha Preston, 1913
- Liobocageia Pilsbry, 1919
- Mabilliella Ancey, 1886
- Notapalinus Connolly, 1923
- Nothapalus von Martens, 1897
- Oleata Ortiz de Zarate, 1959
- Oreohomorus Pilsbry, 1919[11]
- Petriola Dall, 1905 - type genus of the subfamily Petriolinae[4]
- Subuliniscus Pilsbry, 1919
- Subulona Martens, 1889
Rishetiinae
- Bacillum Theobald, 1840
- Eutomopeas Pilsbry, 1946
- Rishetia Godwin-Austen, 1920 - type genus of the subfamily Rishetiinae[4]
- Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906
Rumininae
- Balfouria Crosse, 1884
- Krapfiella Preston, 1911
- Lubricella Haas, 1928
- Namibiella Zilch, 1954
- Obeliscella Jousseaume, 1899
- Riebeckia von Martens, 1883
- Rumina Risso, 1826[12][6] - type genus of the subfamily Rumininae[4]
- Xerocerastus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1902
Stenogyrinae
- Chryserpes Pilsbry, 1906
- Cupulella Aguayo & Jaume, 1948[6]
- Dolicholestes Pilsbry, 1906
- Lyobasis Pilsbry, 1903
- Neobeliscus Pilsbry, 1896
- Obeliscus Beck, 1837[4][13][6]
- Ochroderma Ancey, 1885
- Ochrodermatina Thiele, 1931
- Ochrodermella Pilsbry, 1907
- Plicaxis Sykes, 1903
- Promoussonius Pilsbry, 1906
- Protobeliscus Pilsbry, 1906
- Pseudocolumna Wenz, 1920
- Rectobelus Baker, 1927
- Rhodea Adams, 1855[14]
- Stenogyra Shuttleworth, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily Stenogyrinae[4]
- Synapterpes Pilsbry, 1896
- Zoniferella Pilsbry, 1906
References
- ^ a b "Family summary for Subulinidae". AnimalBase, last modified 21-02-2006, accessed 15 March 2011.
- ^ Fischer P. & Crosse (1877). Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Rechearches zoologiques (7)1(6): 592.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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.
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1907). Manual of Conchology (2)18(72): 330.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mollusca". Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
- ^ a b Baker, Horace B. 1930: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela. Occasional Paper mof Museun of zoology. 210:1-51
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1906). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1906) Manual of Conchology (2)18: 14.
- ^ Naggs F. (1994). "The reproductive anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum and a new concept of Paropeas (Pulmonata: Achatinoidea: Subulinidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 60(2): 175-191. doi:10.1093/mollus/60.2.175.
- ^ "Genus summary for Zootecus". AnimalBase, accessed 11 october 2010.
- ^ Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2009). "Oreohomorus apio new species from Uganda (Gastropoda: Subulinidae)". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 55-60. abstract.
- ^ "Genus summary for Rumina". AnimalBase, accessed 11 october 2010.
- ^ (Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF.
- ^ "New paper on Rhodea". Ashbreure's posterous, published 1 April 2011, accessed 1 April 2011.
Further reading
- Schileyko A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4 Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferrussaciidae". In: Ruthenica., Supplement, 2(4): 435-564, Moscow, ISSN 0136-0027.
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