Overview
Endodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
This family, which includes both snails and slugs, appears to have once been much more diverse, but has declined, and is now endangered due to human activity.
Distribution
This family is found only in the Pacific islands.
Conservation Status
This family is critically endangered and on the verge of extinction, mainly because of habitat loss due to human development.
On American Samoa, some species are in decline due to predation by introduced fire ants. [1]
Genera Within the Family endodontidae
- Aaadonta
- Allodiscus
- Anceyodonta
- Charopa
- Cookeconcha
- Endodonta
- Flammocharopa
- Flammoconcha
- Flammulina
- Foxidonta
- Gerontia
- Goniodiscus
- Hirasea
- Hirasiella
- Laoma
- Laomarex
- Minidonta
- Nesophila
- Obanella
- Otoconcha
- Paralaoma
- Phacussa
- Phenacharopa
- Phenacohelix
- Philolanka
- Protoendodonta
- Protoflammulina
- Pseudallodiscus
- Ranfurlya
- Rikitea
- Serpho
- Suteria
- Thalassohelix
- Therasia
- Thermia
- Theskelomensor
- Toltecia
- Zyzzyxdonta
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Taxonomy
The Family Endodontidae is a member of the Superfamily Punctoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Endodontidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(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
- Superfamily: Punctoidea
Morse, 1864
- Family: Endodontidae
- Superfamily: Punctoidea
Morse, 1864
- 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
(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
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Endodontidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (21): Aaadonta · Anceyodonta · Cookeconcha · Discus · Endodonta · Fametesta · Hirasea · Hirasiella · Janulus · Minadonta · Minidonta · Nesodiscus · Philalanka · Pseudohelenoconcha · Ptychodon · Punctum · Stephanoda · Thaumatodon · Toltecia · Urocoptis · Zilchogyra
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 87 species and subspecies in the Family Endodontidae.
Genera
Aaadonta
Aaadonta is a of slugs of the family Endodontidae, of the infraorder Stylommatophora [more]
Anceyodonta
Cookeconcha
Cookeconcha is a genus of in the Endodontidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Discus
The discus throw is an event in competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc — itself called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus. Although not part of the modern pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient pentathlon, which can be dated at least back to 708 BC. [more]
Endodonta
Endodonta is a genus of in the Endodontidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Fametesta
Hirasea
Hirasea is a genus of in the Endodontidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Hirasiella
Hirasiella is a genus of in the Endodontidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Janulus
Minadonta
Minidonta
Nesodiscus
Philalanka
Pseudohelenoconcha
Pseudohelenoconcha is a genus of in the Endodontidae family. It consists of only one species, Pseudohelenoconcha spurca. [more]
Ptychodon
Ptychodon is a genus of in the Charopidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Punctum
Neumes are the basic elements of Western and Eastern systems of prior to the invention of five-line staff notation. The word neume is a Middle English corruption of the ultimately Greek word for breath (pneuma : p?e?µa). [more]
Stephanoda
Thaumatodon
Thaumatodon is a genus of in the Endodontidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Toltecia
Urocoptis
Zilchogyra
Zilchogyra is a genus of in the Helicodiscidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zilchogyra.
More info about the Genus Zilchogyra may be found here.
References
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