Xanthonychidae
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| Xanthonychidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879 |
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Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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[edit] Subfamilies
The family Xanthonychidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
- Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928
- tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928
- tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987 - synonym: Tryonigentinae Schileyko, 1991
- Metostracinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Trichodiscininae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Trichodiscini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Miraverelliini Schileyko, 1991
[edit] Genera
Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:
subfamily Xanthonychinae
- Xanthonyx Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the type genus of the family Xanthonychidae[1]
subfamily ?
- Hemitrochus Swainson, 1840
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[edit] References
- ^ 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.
