Overview
Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[1]
Genera
The family Acavidae has no subfamilies.
Genera in the family Acavidae include:[2]
- Acavus Montfort, 1810
- Ampelita Beck, 1837
- Helicophanta F?russac, 1821
- Leucotaenius Martens, 1860
- Oligospira Ancey, 1887
- ? Pebasiconcha Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999 - with th e only species ? Pebasiconcha immanis Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999[3]
- Stylodon Beck, 1837
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008
- ^ Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 133: 19-290. Figure 274. abstract, PDF
External links
- Acavidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Taxonomy
The Family Acavidae is a member of the Superfamily Acavoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Acavidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Heterobranchia
J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order: Pulmonata
Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814 - land snails and slugs
- Suborder: Eupulmonata
(Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder: Stylommatophora A. Schmidt, 1855
- Suborder: Eupulmonata
(Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Order: Pulmonata
Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814 - land snails and slugs
- Superorder: Heterobranchia
J.E. Gray, 1840
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Acavidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (2): Acavinae · Clavatorinae
- Genus (8): Acavus · Ampelita · Anoglypta · Clavator · Helicophanta · Leucotaenius · Oligospira · Stylodonta
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 90 species and subspecies in the Family Acavidae.
Genera
Acavus
Ampelita
Ampelita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. [more]
Anoglypta
Anoglypta is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Caryodidae. [more]
Clavator
Clavator is a genus of in the Acavidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Helicophanta
Leucotaenius
Oligospira
Stylodonta
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Stylodonta.
More info about the Genus Stylodonta may be found here.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008
- ^ Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 133: 19-290. Figure 274. abstract, PDF
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