Geomitridae

Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.[1] [2]

Geomitridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Boettger, 1909
Type genus
Geomitra
Swainson, 1840
Genera

Anatomy

The family is characterized by the presence of a free right ommatophoral retractor (passing outside the peni-oviducal angle) and a double stimulatory apparatus.[1] A free right ommatophoral retractor has been linked to adaptation to xeric habitats[3]

Taxonomy

The family Geomitridae is subdivided in the following subfamilies (according to Razkin et al., 2015[1])

  • Subfamily Geomitrinae
    • tribe Cochlicellini Schileyko, 1972
    • tribe Geomitrini C. Boettger, 1909 - synonym: Ochthephilinae Zilch, 1960 (n.a.)
    • tribe Ponentinini Razkin et al., 2015
  • Subfamily Helicellinae
    • tribe Cernuellini Schileyko, 1991
    • tribe Helicellini Ihering, 1909 - synonym: Jacostidae Pilsbry, 1948 (inv.)
    • tribe Plentuisini Razkin et al., 2015
    • tribe Trochoideini H. Nordsieck, 1987

Genera

Genera with the family Geomitridae include:[1][4]

subfamily Geomitrinae

subfamily Helicellinae

References

  1. Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Geomitridae C.R. Boettger, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994707 on 2021-02-01
  3. Giusti, F; Manganelli, G (1987). "Notulae malacologicae, XXXVI. On some Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Helicoidea) living in Sardinia and in Corsica.(Studies on the Sardinian and Corsican malacofauna VI)". Bollettino Malacologico. 23: 123–206.
  4. Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29107619.
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