Geomitridae
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| Family: | Geomitridae Boettger, 1909
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| Geomitra Swainson, 1840
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Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea[1].
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[2]
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][3]
subfamily Geomitrinae
- tribe Cochlicellini
- Cochlicella Férussac, 1821
- tribe Geomitrini
- tribe Ponentinini
- Ponentina P. Hesse, 1921
subfamily Helicellinae
- tribe Cernuellini
- Candidula Kobelt, 1871
- Cernuella Schlüter, 1838
- Cernuellopsis Manganelli & Giusti, 1988
- Xerogyra Monterosato, 1892
- Xerosecta Monterosato, 1892
- tribe Helicellini
- Backeljaia Chueca et al., 2018
- Helicella Férussac, 1821
- Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833
- Microxeromagna Ortiz De Zárate López, 1950
- Orexana Chueca et al., 2018
- Xeroplexa Monterosato, 1892
- Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892
- Zarateana Chueca et al., 2018
- tribe Plentuisini
- Plentuisa Puente & Prieto, 1992
- tribe Trochoideini
- Trochoidea T. Brown, 182
References
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.