Epiphragmophorinae is a
subfamily
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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 ...
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
Xanthonychidae
Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Xanthonychidae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register o ...
(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
In medicine or biology, a diverticulum is an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, diverticula are described as being either true or false.
In medicine, t ...
. 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
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Doering, 1874 - the type genus of the family Epiphragmophoridae.
It occurs from
Argentina to
Bolivia
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.
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Minaselates
''Minaselates paradoxa'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Minaselates Cuezzo & Pena, 2017. Accessed through: Worl ...
'' Cuezzo & Pena, 2017 - with the only species ''
Minaselates paradoxa
''Minaselates paradoxa'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily (biology), subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Minaselates Cuezz ...
'' Cuezzo & Pena, 2017
* ''
Pilsbrya'' Ancey, 1887 - synonym: ''Poecilostola'' Ancey 1886
References
Further reading
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External links
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