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Pyramidulidae

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Pyramidulidae
Five shells of Pyramidula rupestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Family:
Pyramidulidae

Genera

See text

Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Pyramidulidae include:

References

  1. ^ 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.