Overview
Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
These are mostly snails that live in salt marshes and similar maritime habitats, and thus have a tolerance for saline conditions.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 16 and 20 (according to the values in this table).[1]
Taxonomy
The family Ellobiidae Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822) consists of the following subfamilies:
- subfamily Ellobiinae Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822)
- subfamily Carychiinae Jeffreys, 1830
- subfamily Melampinae Stimpson, 1851 (1850) < li>subfamily Pedipedinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1880
- subfamily Pythiinae Odhner, 1925 (1880)
- ? subfamily Zaptychiinae Wenz, 1938
Genera
Genera within the family Ellobiidae include:
subfamily Ellobiinae
- Ellobium R?ding, 1798
- Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949
subfamily Carychiinae
- Carychium O. F. M?ller, 1774
subfamily Melampinae
- Melampus Montfort, 1810
subfamily Pedipedinae
- Pedipes F?russac, 1821
subfamily Pythiinae
- Cassidula
- Pythia R?ding, 1798 - type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae. Phytia is a nomen nudum.[citation needed]
- Myosotella Monterosato, 1906
- Laemodonta Philippi, 1846
? subfamily Zaptychiinae
- ? Zaptychius Walcott, 1883 - type genus of the subfamily
subfamily ?
- Auriculinella Tausch, 1886
- Blauneria Shuttleworth, 1854
- Creedonia Martins, 1996
- Detracia Gray in Turton, 1840
- Leuconopsis Hutton, 1884
- Microtralia Dall, 1894
- Ovatella Bivona, 1832
- Tralia Gray, 1840
Taxonomy
The family Ellobiidae Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822) consists of the following subfamilies:
- subfamily Ellobiinae Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822)
- subfamily Carychiinae Jeffreys, 1830
- subfamily Melampinae Stimpson, 1851 (1850)
- subfamily Pedipedinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1880
- subfamily Pythiinae Odhner, 1925 (1880)
- ? subfamily Zaptychiinae Wenz, 1938
Genera
Genera w ithin the family Ellobiidae include:
subfamily Ellobiinae
- Ellobium R?ding, 1798
- Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949
subfamily Carychiinae
- Carychium O. F. M?ller, 1774
subfamily Melampinae
- Melampus Montfort, 1810
subfamily Pedipedinae
- Pedipes F?russac, 1821
subfamily Pythiinae
- Cassidula
- Pythia R?ding, 1798 - type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae. Phytia is a nomen nudum.[citation needed]
- Myosotella Monterosato, 1906
- Laemodonta Philippi, 1846
? subfamily Zaptychiinae
- ? Zaptychius Walcott, 1883 - type genus of the subfamily
subfamily ?
- Auriculinella Tausch, 1886
- Blauneria Shuttleworth, 1854
- Creedonia Martins, 1996
- Detracia Gray in Turton, 1840
- Leuconopsis Hutton, 1884
- Microtralia Dall, 1894
- Ovatella Bivona, 1832
- Tralia Gray, 1840
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.
External links
- Melampidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Taxonomy
The Superfamily Ellobioidea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (1): Ellobiidae
Families
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [more]
At least 552 species and subspecies belong to the Family Ellobiidae.
More info about the Family Ellobiidae 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.
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