Cepolidae is a
family
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of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Helicoidea
Helicoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.
Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy
There are 19 families within the superfamily Helicoidea according to the ta ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
Distribution of Cepolidae include
Nearctic
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The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
and
Caribbean.
[Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". '' Journal of Biogeography'' 27(2): 379-390. ]
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Anatomy
This family is defined by the absence of the
diverticulum. Snails in this family have one
dart apparatus, and one mucous gland on top of the dart sac. The sheath of the dart apparatus has two glands.
Taxonomy
This family is placed within the
clade Stylommatophora within the clade
Eupulmonata
Eupulmonata is a taxonomic clade of air-breathing snails. The great majority of this group are land snails and slugs, but some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions.
Linnean taxonomy
*Suborder Eupulmonat ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In many textbooks and on many websites however this family is listed as the subfamily Cepolinae within the family
Helminthoglyptidae
The Helminthoglyptinae are a subfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the family Xanthonychidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939. Accessed through: World Re ...
.
The name Cepolidae
Ihering, 1909 is a
homonym
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for the family
Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 (based on ''Cepola''
Linnaeus, 1766) a family of bandfishes in the superfamily
Cepoloidea within the order
Perciformes
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. The name of the gastropod family needs be submitted to the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to resolve the
homonymy.
Genera
Genera within the family Cepolidae include:
* ''
Bellacepolis'' Baker, 1943
* ''
Cepolis'' Montfort, 1810 - type genus of the family Cepolidae
* ''
Coryda '' Albers, 1850
* ''
Cysticopsis'' Mörch, 1852
* ''
Dialeuca'' Albers, 1850
* ''
Euclastaria'' Pilsbry, 1926
* ''
Eurycampta'' Von Martens, 1860
* ''
Guladentia'' Clench y Aguayo, 1951
* ''
Hemitrochus'' Swainson, 1840
* ''
Jeanneretia'' L. Pfeiffer, 1877
* ''
Levicepolis'' Baker, 1943
* ''
Plagioptycha'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855
* ''
Setipellis'' Pilsbry, 1926
* ''
Polymita '' Beck, 1837
References
External links
Taxa named by Hermann von Ihering
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