Partulidae

(Family)

Overview

Partulidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea. The family is endemic to Pacific islands.^1]^[2]

Genera

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Partulidae is divided into three genera:^[3]

Eua has four species, confined to Tonga and Samoa.
Partula has about 100 species, distributed from Belau to the Society Islands.
Samoana has about 23 species, distributed in Polynesia and the Mariana Islands.

This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of genera in the family Partulidae:^[4]

Anatomy

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

Partula gibba

Partula langfordi

Samoana fragilis

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Partula langfordi

Samoana fragilis

References

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^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
^ ITIS Standard Report Page: Partulidae
^ Cowie, R.H. (1992). Evolution and Extinction of Partulidae, Endemic Pacific Island Land Snails. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 335, No. 1274 (Feb. 29, 1992), pp. 167-191.
^ Lee T., Burch J. B., Coote T., Pearce-Kelly P., Hickman C., Meyer J.-Y. & Foighil D. O. (18 August 2009). "Moorean tree snail survival revisited: a multi-island genealogical perspective". BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 204. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-204
^ 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

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Partulidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Taxonomy

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The Family Partulidae is a member of the Superfamily Partuloidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Partulidae:

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
        Superfamily: Partuloidea Pilsbry, 1900
        Family: Partulidae Pilsbry, 1900

The Family Partulidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (4): Eua · Partula · Samoana · Vastina
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 190 species and subspecies in the Family Partulidae.

Genera

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Eua

Eua is a genus of in the Partulidae family. [more]

Partula

Partula may refer to: [more]

Samoana

Samoana is a genus of in the Partulidae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Vastina

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At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vastina.

More info about the Genus Vastina may be found here.

References

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^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
^ ITIS Standard Report Page: Partulidae
^ Cowie, R.H. (1992). Evolution and Extinction of Partulidae, Endemic Pacific Island Land Snails. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 335, No. 1274 (Feb. 29, 1992), pp. 167-191.
^ Lee T., Burch J. B., Coote T., Pearce-Kelly P., Hickman C., Meyer J.-Y. & Foighil D. O. (18 August 2009). "Moorean tree snail survival revisited: a multi-island genealogical perspective". BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 204. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-204
^ 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.

Sources

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