Epiphragmophorinae is a
subfamily of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the family
Xanthonychidae (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.
Shileyko (2004) listed 40 species within Epiphragmophorinae.
There are about 65 recognized species within Epiphragmophorinae in 2017.
Anatomy
This family is defined by the absence of a
diverticulum. These snails have one
dart apparatus with a stylophore (dart sac), and one or two mucus glands that are inserted on the dart sac and on the accessory sac, or at the base of the dart sac.
Genera
Genera within the family Epiphragmophorinae include:
* ''
Angrandiella'' Ancey, 1886
[Schileyko A. A. (2004). "Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs, Part 12: Bradybaenidae, Monadeniidae, Xanthonychidae, Epiphragmophoridae, Helminthoglyptidae, Elonidae, Humboldtianidae, Sphincterochilidae, Cochlicellidae". ''Ruthenica'', Supplement 2, Moscow. (ISSN 0136-0027)]
* ''
Dinotropis'' Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937
* ''
Doeringina'' Ihering, 1929
* ''
Epiphragmophora'' Doering, 1874 - the type genus of the family Epiphragmophoridae.
It occurs from
Argentina
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to
Bolivia.
* ''
Minaselates'' Cuezzo & Pena, 2017 - with the only species ''
Minaselates paradoxa'' Cuezzo & Pena, 2017
* ''
Pilsbrya'' Ancey, 1887 - synonym: ''Poecilostola'' Ancey 1886
References
Further reading
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External links
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Xanthonychidae