Helicoidea (Superfamily)

Overview

Helicoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.

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There are 19 families within the superfamily Helicoidea according to Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).^[1]^[2]

Helicidae
Bradybaenidae
Camaenidae
Cepolidae
Cochlicellidae
Elonidae
Epiphragmophoridae
Halolimnohelicidae
Helicodontidae
Helminthoglyptidae
Humboldtianidae
Hygromiidae
Monadeniidae
Pleurodontidae
Polygyridae
Sphincterochilidae
Thysanophoridae
Trissexodontidae
Xanthonychidae

According to H. Nordsieck ^[3] t he family Xanthonychidae (sensu Hausdorf & Bouchet) is probably polyphyletic (contains several different lineages) and therefore should be divided into several families.

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^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.); Fr?da,J.; Hausdorf,B.; Ponder, W.; Valdes, A.; War?n, A. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=ref&refid=78278
^ Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. 2006. The new classification of Gastropods according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. Visaya, f?vrier 2006: 10 pp. http://www.journal-malaco.fr/bouchet&rocroi_2005_Visaya.pdf
^ Higher classification of the Helicoidea and the molecular analyses of their phylogeny (by Hartmut Nordsieck)

Taxonomy

The Superfamily Helicoidea is a member of the Series Percomorpha. Here is the complete "parentage" of Helicoidea:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Infraclass: Actinopteri
        Cohort: Clupeocephala
        Superorder: Heterobranchia J.e. Gray, 1840
        Order: Perciformes - Perch-like Fishes
        Suborder: Percoidei
        Infraorder: Stylommatophora A. Schmidt, 1855
        Superfamily: Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815

The Superfamily Helicoidea is further organized into finer groupings including:

Families

Bradybaenidae

Bradybaenidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [more]

Camaenidae

Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [more]

Cepolidae

Bandfishes are a family, Cepolidae, of perciform fishes. They are native to the Atlantic seaboard of Europe and the West Pacific, including New Zealand. They dig burrows in sandy or muddy seabed and eat zooplankton. [more]

Cochlicellidae

Elonidae

Elonidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [more]

Epiphragmophoridae

Halolimnohelicidae

Helicidae

The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. [more]

Helicodontidae

Helminthoglyptidae

The Helminthoglyptidae are a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [more]

Humboldtianidae

Humboldtianidae is an American family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [more]

Hygromiidae

Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [more]

Monadeniidae

Pleurodontidae

Polygyridae

Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [more]

Sphincterochilidae

Thysanophoridae

Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [more]

Trissexodontidae

Xanthonychidae

Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [more]

References

^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.); Fr?da,J.; Hausdorf,B.; Ponder, W.; Valdes, A.; War?n, A. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=ref&refid=78278
^ Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. 2006. The new classification of Gastropods according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. Visaya, f?vrier 2006: 10 pp. http://www.journal-malaco.fr/bouchet&rocroi_2005_Visaya.pdf
^ Higher classification of the Helicoidea and the molecular analyses of their phylogeny (by Hartmut Nordsieck)

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