Achatinellidae
| Achatinellidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| A live individual of Achatinella bulimoides | |
| |
| An unidentified species of Auriculella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinelloidea Gulick, 1873
|
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.
Taxonomy
This is the only family in the superfamily Achatinelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies in the family Achatinellidae include:
- Achatinellinae Gulick, 1873 - synonym: Helicterinae Pease, 1870 (inv.)
- Auriculellinae Odhner, 1921
- Elasmatininae Iredale, 1937
- tribe Elasmatinini Iredale, 1937 - synonyms: Strobilidae Zilch, 1959 (n.a.); Pitysinae Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- tribe Antonellini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- tribe Tubuaiini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- Pacificellinae Steenberg, 1925
- tribe Pacificellini Steenberg, 1925 - synonym: Tornatellinoptini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- tribe Lamellideini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- Tekoulininae Solem, 1972
- Tornatellidinae Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- tribe Tornatellidini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- tribe Tornatellariini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
- Tornatellininae Sykes, 1900
- tribe Tornatellinini Sykes, 1900
- tribe Elasmiatini Kuroda & Habe, 1949
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 16 and 25 (according to the values in the table).[2]
Distribution
This family of snails occurs widely in the Pacific islands. They are at their most diverse in the Hawaiian group.[3][4]
Genera
Genera in the family Achatinellidae include:
Achatinellinae
- Achatinella Swainson, 1828[5] - type genus of the subfamily Achatinellinae
- Partulina Pfeiffer, 1854[5]
- Perdicella Pease, 1870[5]
- Newcombia Pfeiffer, 1854[5]
Auriculellinae
- Auriculella Pfeiffer, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily Auriculellinae[5]
Elasmatininae
- tribe Elasmatinini
- tribe Antonellini
- tribe Tubuaiini
Pacificellinae
- tribe Pacificellini
- Tornatellinops Pilsbry & Cooke, 1915
- tribe Lamellideini
- Lamellidea Pilsbry, 1910
Tekoulininae
Tornatellidinae
- tribe Tornatellidini
- Tornatellides Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Tornatellidini
- tribe Tornatellariini
- Tornatellaria Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Tornatellariini
Tornatellininae
- tribe Tornatellinini
- Tornatellina L. Pfeiffer, 1842 - type genus the tribe Tornatellinini
- tribe Elasmiatini
- Elasmias Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Elasmiatini
unsorted
- Gulickia Cooke, 1915[6]
- Tornatellinops Pilsbry, 1915
- Tornelasmias Iredale, 1944
References
- ^ Gulick J. T. (1873). "On the classification of the Achatinellidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873(1): 89-91.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Cooke, C. M. and Yoshio Kondo. 1960. Revision of Tornatellinidae and Achatinellidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin 221. 303 pp.
- ^ a b c d e Holland, Brenden S; Hadfield, Michael G (2004). "Origin and diversification of the endemic Hawaiian tree snails (Achatinellidae: Achatinellinae) based on molecular evidence". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (2): 588–600. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.01.003. PMID 15223040.
- ^ Cowie R. H. (1996). "Gulickia alexandri". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
External links
Databases 
people
