Acavidae

Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Acavidae
A live individual of Helicophanta gloriosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Acavoidea
Family:
Acavidae

Pilsbry, 1895
Genera

See text

Synonyms

Clavatoridae Thiele, 1926

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[1]

Genera

The family Acavidae has no subfamilies.

Genera in the family Acavidae include:[2]

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Acavella Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of Oligospira Ancey, 1887
  • Columplica W. Hartmann, 1843: synonym of Stylodonta De Cristofori & Jan, 1832
  • Poecilostylus Pilsbry, 1890: synonym of Eurystyla Ancey, 1887
  • Stylodon H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Stylodonta De Cristofori & Jan, 1832

References
  1. 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.
  2. http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008
  3. Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 133: 19-290. Figure 274. abstract, PDF
  • Media related to Acavidae at Wikimedia Commons


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