Pleurodontidae

Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [1]

Pleurodontidae
1868 painting of Pleurodonte bainbridgii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Pleurodontidae
[Hermann von Ihering
Synonyms[1]
  • Lucerninae Swainson, 1840
  • Lampadiidae Winckworth, 1945
  • Solaropsidae H. Nordsieck, 1986
  • Caracolinae Cuezzo, 2003

This family is classified within the order Stylommatophora within the superorder Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2] This family has no subfamilies.[2]

The family Pleurodontidae includes some American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family Camaenidae, a taxon whose monophyly was in doubt.

Anatomy

Pleurodontids are defined by a missing diverticulum. However the diverticulum is partially present in the genus Solaropsis. The stimulatory organ is equally missing. However, Solaropsis has in part a penial stimulator and a divided penis retractor muscle.

Genera

Genera within this family include:

  • Caracolus Montfort, 1810 - synonyms: Caracolla Montfort, 1810; Discodoma Swainson, 1840; Serpentulus Adams, 1855; Wurtzorbis[3]
  • Coloniconcha Pilsbry, 1933 - with the only species Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933[4]
  • Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 - either separate genus (with a synonym: Lucerna)[3] or as a synonym of Pleurodonte[5]
  • Eurycratera Beck, 1837[6]
    • Eurycratera jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791)[6]
  • Gonostomopsis Pilsbry, 1889
  • Pleurodonte Fischer de Waldheim, 1807
  • Psadara Miller, 1878 - synonym or subgenus of Solaropsis[7]
  • Solaropsis Beck, 1837
  • Thelidomus Swainson, 1840[8] (or in Camaenidae)
  • Zachrysia Pilsbry, 1926[9][10] (or in Camaenidae)

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870597 on 2021-01-03
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906.
  4. Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.
  5. Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
  6. Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.
  7. Bank, R. (2017). "Solaropsis (Psadara) K. Miller, 1878". WORMS - World Register of Marine Species.
  8. Bank, R. (July 2017). "Thelidomus Swainson, 1840". WORMS - World Register of Marine Species.
  9. A. Mijail Pérez y J. Espinoza (1993). "Catálogo, claves y bibliografía de la familia Camaenidae (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) en Cuba". Portal de Revistas Académicas Universidad de Costa Rica.
  10. Patricia Lakeman, Jose Freire. "Zachrysia auricoma havanensis (Pilsbry, 1926)". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
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