Elonidae is a

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of 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 ...

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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 ...

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s in the

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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 ...

. This family is 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).

Subfamilies and genera

The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): * Eloninae Gittenberger, 1977 * Klikiinae H. Nordsieck, 1986

Genera

Genera in the family Elonidae include: * † '' Cyrtochilus'' F. Sandberger, 1875 * † '' Eurystrophe'' Gude, 1911 * †'' Joossia'' Pfeffer, 1930 * † '' Lychnopsis'' Vidal, 1917 * † '' Megalocochlea'' Wenz, 1919 * † '' Papillotopsis'' H. Binder, 2017 * † '' Puisseguria'' Schlickum, 1975 ;Eloninae * The

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Elona ''Elona quimperiana'', common name the escargot de Quimper ("Quimper snail"), is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae. ''Elona'' is a monotypic genus, i.e. it contains only o ...

'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. It is a monotypic genus, with only one species: ''

Elona quimperiana ''Elona quimperiana'', common name the escargot de Quimper ("Quimper snail"), is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae. ''Elona'' is a monotypic genus, i.e. it contains only on ...

'' * † '' Galactochiloides'' Wenz, 1919 * ''

Norelona ''Norelona '' is a monospecific genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Norelona H. Nordsieck, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' Nordsieck, 1986 ** ''

Norelona pyrenaica ''Norelona pyrenaica'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae. ''Norelona pyrenaica'' is the type species of the genus '' Norelona''. Shell description The shell is narrowl ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805) * † '' Tropidomphalus'' Pilsbry, 1895 ;Klikiinae * † ''

Apula ''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae Elonidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods moll ...

'' C. R. Boettger, 1909 * † ''

Klikia ''Klikia'' is a genus of fossil air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Elonidae. This genus is named after Bohumil Klika (1868-1942, also known as Gottlieb Klika), the author of the 1891 book ''Die te ...

'' Pilsbry, 1895 Tryon G. W. (1894) ''

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, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata''
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* † '' Pseudochloritis'' C. R. Boettger, 1909 ;Synonyms: * ''Sterna'' Albers, 1850: synonym of ''Elona'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 ((Invalid: junior homonym of ''Sterna'' Linnaeus, 1758

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) * † ''Steklovia'' Schlickum & Strauch, 1972: synonym of † ''Apula'' C. R. Boettger, 1909 † (junior subjective synonym)

References

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