Overview
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Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily Sagdoidea 2] and as a member of the superfamily Helicoidea.[3] Some species of Sagdidae are ovoviviparous.[4]
Anatomy
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Vestigial love darts exist in some species within this family.
Subfamilies and genera
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The family Sagdidae consists of four subfamilies [2]:
- Sagdinae Pilsbry, 1895
- Aquebaninae H. B. Baker, 1940
- Platys uccineinae H. B. Baker, 1940
- Yunqueinae Schileyko, 1998
Genera in the family Sagdidae include[5]:
The type genus is Sagda Beck, 1837.
- Aerotrochus
- Aquebana
- Corneosagda
- Hojeda
- Hyalosagda
- Lacteoluna
- Meiophysema
- Microsagda
- Odontosagda - Odontosagda blandii
- Platysuccinea
- Proserpinula
- Sagda
- Stauroglypta
- Strialuna
- Suavitas
- Trifaux
- Vilitas
- Volvidens
- Xenodiscula
- Zaphysema
References
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- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (2 Febru ary) 1895 Guide to the study of helices. Manual of conchology; structural and systematic. With illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 9. 36, 33a:i-xlviii, 161-336, plates 41-71.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1-397.
- ^ Wade, C. M., Mordan, P. B. & Naggs, F. 2006. Evolutionary relationships among the Pulmonate land snails and slugs (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 87: 593-610. Abstract.
- ^ Goodfriend, G. A. 1986. Radiation of the land snail genus Sagda (Pulmonata: Sagdidae): comparative morphology, biogeography and ecology of the species of north-central Jamaica. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 87: 367-398.
- ^ Sagdidae. Discover Life, accessed 6 December 2008.
External links
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- Gary Rosenberg & Igor V. Muratov. Recent terrestrial molluscs of Jamaica
Taxonomy
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The Family Sagdidae is a member of the Superfamily Sagdoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Sagdidae:
- 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 Sagdidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (12): Aerotrochus · Hojeda · Hyalosagda · Lacteoluna · Microsagda · Odontosagda · Platysuccinea · Proserpinula · Sagda · Setipellis · Xenodiscula · Zaphysema
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 50 species and subspecies in the Family Sagdidae.
Genera
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Aerotrochus
Hojeda
Hyalosagda
Lacteoluna
Microsagda
Odontosagda
Platysuccinea
Proserpinula
Sagda
Setipellis
Xenodiscula
Xenodiscula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Sagdidae. [more]
Zaphysema
At least 5 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zaphysema.
More info about the Genus Zaphysema may be found here.
References
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- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (2 February) 1895 Guide to the study of helices. Manual of conchology; structural and systematic. With illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 9. 36, 33a:i-xlviii, 161-336, plates 41-71.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1-397.
- ^ Wade, C. M., Mordan, P. B. & Naggs, F. 2006. Evolutionary relationships among the Pulmonate land snails and slugs (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 87: 593-610. Abstract.
- ^ Goodfriend, G. A. 1986. Radiation of the land snail genus Sagda (Pulmonata: Sagdidae): comparative morphology, biogeography and ecology of the species of north-central Jamaica. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 87: 367-398.
- ^ Sagdidae. Discover Life, accessed 6 December 2008.
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