Subulininae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

of small tropical air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family Achatinidae.

Distribution

Worldwide."Family summary for Subulinidae"
AnimalBase, last modified 21-02-2006, accessed 15 March 2011.

Anatomy

In this subfamily, the number of

haploid Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively ...

chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).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, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Subulininae include: * ''

Allopeas ''Allopeas'', common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species The genus ''Allopeas'' includes the following species: * ''Allop ...

'' H. B. Baker, 1935 * ''

Beckianum ''Beckianum'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. This genus in the family Achatinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Beckianum'' include: * ''Beckianum beckianum'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) Reference ...

'' Baker, 1961"Mollusca"
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011. * '' Curvella'' Chaper, 1885 * '' Dysopeas'' Baker, 1927Baker, Horace B. 1930: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela. Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology. 210:1-51 * ''

Euonyma ''Euonyma'' is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species The genus ''Euonyma'' includes: * ''Euonyma curtissima'' Verdcourt * ''Euonyma ...

'' Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896 * ''

Hypolysia ''Hypolysia'' is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Hypolysia'' include: It contains the following species: * ''Hypolysia c ...

'' Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901 * ''

Lamellaxis ''Allopeas'', common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species The genus ''Allopeas'' includes the following species: * ''Allop ...

'' Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882 * ''

Leptinaria ''Leptinaria'' is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Leptinaria'' include: * '' Leptinaria ambigua'' Martens, 1898 * ''L ...

'' Beck, 1837 * '' Leptopeas'' Baker, 1927 * '' Micropeas'' Connolly, 1923 * '' Neoglessula'' Pilsbry, 1909 *

Opeas ''Opeas'' is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. ''Opeas'' is the type genus of the subfamily Opeatinae. Species The genus ''Opeas'' includes the followin ...

Albers, 1850 * ''

Paropeas ''Paropeas'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. The subgenus ''Paropeas'' within the genus '' Prosopeas'' was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy ...

'' Pilsbry, 1906Naggs F. (1994). "The reproductive anatomy of ''Paropeas achatinaceum'' and a new concept of ''Paropeas'' (Pulmonata: Achatinoidea: Subulinidae)". '' Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 60(2): 175-191. . * '' Pelatrinia'' Pilsbry, 1907 * ''

Prosopeas ''Prosopeas'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Achatinidae. The species of this genus are found in Eastern Asia. Species: *'' Prosopeas achates'' *'' Prosopeas anceyi'' *'' Prosopeas argentea'' *'' Prosopeas carolinum'' *' ...

'' Mörch, 1876 * ''

Pseudoglessula ''Pseudoglessula'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pseudoglessula'' include: * ''Pseudoglessula acutissima'' Verdcourt * '' ...

'' Boettger, 1892 * '' Pseudopeas'' Putzeys, 1899 * ''

Striosubulina ''Striosubulina'' is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical la ...

'' Thiele, 1933 * ''

Subulina ''Subulina'' is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Subulina H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Subulininae * ''

Vegrandinia ''Vegrandinia'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Achatinidae. The genus name refers to its small size. The genus is known from one species that lives on Trindade Island in the ...

'' Salvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013 * ''

Zootecus ''Zootecus'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa. Well kno ...

'' Westerlund, 1887"Genus summary for ''Zootecus''"
AnimalBase, accessed 11 october 2010.

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