Chondrinidae
| Chondrinidae | |
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| 8 shells of Chondrina avenacea, scale in mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Chondrinidae Steenberg, 1925 |
| Genera | |
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see text
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| Diversity[1][2] | |
| about 70 extant species in six genera plus 4 new species in 2010 | |
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.
Anatomy[edit]
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[3]
Taxonomy[edit]
2005 taxonomy[edit]
According to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Chondrinidae has no subfamilies.
2010 taxonomy[edit]
Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger (2010)[2] established a new subfamily to system of Chondrinidae:[2]
- subfamily Chondrininae
- subfamily Granariinae
Genera[edit]
- Abida Turton, 1831
- Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828
- Granaria Held, 1838
- Graniberia E. Gittenberger, Kokshoorn, Bössneck, Reijnen & Groenenberg, 2016
- Granopupa Boettger, 1889
- Rupestrella Monterosato, 1894
- Solatopupa Pilsbry, 1917
- Synonyms
- Alloglossa Lindström, 1868: synonym of Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828 (objective junior synonym)
- Avenacea Fagot, 1891: synonym of Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828 (objective junior synonym)
- Modicella H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828
- Pupella Swainson, 1840: synonym of Granaria Held, 1838
- Sandahlia Westerlund, 1887: synonym of Abida W. Turton, 1831
- Stomodonta Mermet, 1843: synonym of Abida W. Turton, 1831
- Torquilla S. Studer, 1820: synonym of Abida W. Turton, 1831 (homonym; non Torquilla Brisson, 1760 [Aves])
References[edit]
- ^ Kokshoorn B. (3 December 2008). "Resolving riddles and presenting new puzzles in Chondrinidae phylogenetics". Doctoral thesis, Leiden University, ISBN 978-90-71382-56-7. https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/13342?mode=more
- ^ a b c Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 2539: 1-62. 22 plates. preview.
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
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