Overview
Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution of Trochomorphidae include eastern-Palearctic, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesia.[2]
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[3]
Genera
Genera within the fa mily Trochomorphidae include:
- Trochomorpha Albers, 1850 - type genus of the family Trochomorphidae
Some authors place the following two genera in this family instead of in the family Zonitidae.
- Kondoa Baker, 1941[citation needed]
- Hogolua Baker, 1941[citation needed]
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within in the limacoid clade:[2]
:nowrap;">[citation needed]Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within in the limacoid clade:[2]
References
- ^ M?llendorff (1890). Bericht der Senckengergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a. M. (1889-1890): 210.
- ^ a b Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
- ^ 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.
Taxonomy
The Family Trochomorphidae is a member of the Superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Trochomorphidae:
- 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: Gastrodontoidea
Tryon, 1866
- Family: Trochomorphidae Möllendorff, 1890
- Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Tryon, 1866
- 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 Trochomorphidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (7): Bertia · Coxia · Kondoa · Trochomorpha · Videna · Vitrinoconus · Vitrinopsis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species and subspecies in the Family Trochomorphidae.
Genera
Bertia
Coxia
Kondoa
Kondoa is a genus of in the Zonitidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Trochomorpha
Trochomorpha is a genus of in the Zonitidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Videna
Videna is a genus of in the Zonitidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Vitrinoconus
Vitrinopsis
More info about the Genus Vitrinopsis may be found here.
References
- ^ M?llendorff (1890). Bericht der Senckengergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a. M. (1889-1890): 210.
- ^ a b Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
- ^ 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.
Further Reading
- Baker (1941). Bulletin of the Bishop Museum 116: 273.
- Gude G. K. (1914). Mollusca.-II. (Trochomorphidae--Janellidae)''.The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London, xii + 520 pp., 164 figs.
- Vagvolvyi J. (1976). "Body size, aerial dispersal and origin of the Pacific land snail fauna". Syst. Zool 24: 465-488.
External links
- Trochomorphidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Sources
- The text on this page is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It includes material from Wikipedia retrieved Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
- The distribution map on the Distribution tab comes from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and is used with permission.
- Photographs on this page are copyrighted by individual photographers, and individual copyrights apply.
- The technology underlying this page, including the controls behind Keep Exploring, is owned by the BayScience Foundation. All rights are reserved.