Xanthonychidae (Family)

Overview

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

This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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The family Xanthonychidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928
- tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928
- tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987 - synonym: Tryonigentinae Schileyko, 1991
Metostracinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
Trichodiscininae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Trichodiscini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Miraverelliini Schileyko, 1991

Genera

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Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:

subfamily Xanthonychinae

Xanthonyx Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the type genus of the family Xanthonychidae^[1]

subfamily ?

Hemitrochus Swainson, 1840

ni H. Nordsieck, 1987

Miraverelliini Schileyko, 1991

Genera

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Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:

subfamily Xanthonychinae

Xanthonyx Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the type genus of the family Xanthonychidae^[1]

subfamily ?

Hemitrochus Swainson, 1840

References

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^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1?397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.

External links

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Xanthonychidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Taxonomy

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The Family Xanthonychidae is a member of the Superfamily Helicoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Xanthonychidae:

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: Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815
        Family: Xanthonychidae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879

The Family Xanthonychidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (5): Coryda · Cysticopsis · Hemitrochus · Plagioptycha · Trichodiscina
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in the Family Xanthonychidae.

Genera

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Coryda

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Cysticopsis

Hemitrochus

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Plagioptycha

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Trichodiscina

More info about the Genus Trichodiscina may be found here.

References

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^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1?397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.

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