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Trochomorphidae

Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily Trochomorphoidea

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Trochomorphidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Trochomorphidae
Möllendorff, 18901
Genera

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Synonyms2

Geotrochidae Schileyko, 2002

Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily Trochomorphoidea32

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution

The distribution of Trochomorphidae includes eastern-Palearctic, India, south-eastern Asia, Australia and Polynesia.4

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).5

Genera

Genera within the family Trochomorphidae include:

  • Benthemia Forcart, 1964
  • Brazieria Ancey, 1887
  • Calostropha Ancey, 1887
  • Coxia Ancey, 1887
  • Dendrotrochus Pilsbry, 1894
  • Entomostoma H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Eurybasis Gude, 1913
  • Foxidonta Clench, 1950
  • Geodiscus Iredale, 1941
  • Geotrochus van Hasselt, 1823
  • Hogolua Baker, 1941
  • Kondoa Baker, 1941
  • Liravidena Solem, 1959
  • Orpiella L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855
  • Peleliua H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Probrazieria H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Tegumen Gude, 1913
  • Theskelomensor Iredale, 1933
  • Trochomorpha Albers, 1850 - type genus of the family Trochomorphidae
  • Trochositala Schileyko, 2002
  • Videna A. Adams 1858
  • Videnoida Minato, 1988
  • Vitrinoconus C. Semper, 1873

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:4

limacoid clade
References

References

  1. Möllendorff (1890). Bericht der Senckengergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a. M. (1889-1890): 210.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Trochomorphidae Möllendorff, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816186 on 2021-02-22
  3. Bouchet, Philippe (2017). "Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526. doi:10.4002/040.061.0201. S2CID 91051256.
  4. Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
  5. 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.
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