Odontostomidae is a

taxonomic Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

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of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical

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 ...

molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". '' Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology'' 141(1): 1-20. .

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This taxon was placed as the tribe Odontostomini, in the subfamily

Bulimulinae Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tr ...

, within the family

Orthalicidae Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the subfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase ...

, according to the

taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks. (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and ...

2010 taxonomy

Breure et al. (2010) elevated Odontostomini to Odontostomidae.Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". '' Basteria'' 74(1-3): 25-31.

Genera

Genera in the family Odontostomidae include: * ''

Anostoma ''Anostoma'', common name the up-mouth snails, is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriem ...

'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 - synonym: ''

Ringicella ''Ringicella'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae. Adult snails of this genus have an extremely unusual shell morphology, very similar to that found in the genu ...

'' Gray, 1847 cf.Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ''

ZooKeys ''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the editor-in-chief is Terry Erwin (Smithsonian Institution). It is published by Pensoft Publ ...

'' 182: 1-70. . * '' Bahiensis'' Jousseaume, 1877Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". '' Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology'' 141(1): 1-20. . * '' Biotocus'' Salgado & Leme, 1990 * '' Bonnanius'' Jousseaume, 1900 * '' Clessinia'' Doering, 1874 * '' Cyclodontina'' Beck, 1837 * ''

Digerus ''Digerus gibberulus'' is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Odontostomidae. cf. Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. (2003)"Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gast ...

'' Haas, 1937 cf. Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. (2003)
"Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)"
. ''Rev. Biol. Trop.'' 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract) * ''

Hyperaulax ''Hyperaulax'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (M ...

'' Pilsbry, 1897 * ''

Moricandia ''Moricandia'' is a genus of plants of the family Brassicaceae. This genus is mainly distributed in North Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. It is associated with arid and semi-arid environments. Flowers of this genus are actinomorphi ...

'' Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 * ''

Odontostomus ''Odontostomus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Odontostomidae.Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusc ...

'' Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Odontostomini * ''

Plagiodontes ''Plagiodontes'' is a recent genus of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Odontostomidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail ...

'' Doering, 1876 * '' Spixia'' Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 * ''

Tomigerus ''Tomigerus'' is a genus of air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (M ...

'' Spix, 1827

Description

Species in tribe Odontostomini have the aperture obstructed by internal lamellae, folds or teeth (rarely absent by degeneration); the base is perforate or has an umbilical suture; and the genitalia are extremely lengthened. Jaw either plaited or solid. Odontostomini is clearly a natural group of genera, confined to South America east of the Andes, and with the exception of some species, south of the Amazon. That the whole series had its inception in a form in which the characteristic apertural teeth had already been developed, is demonstrated by the fact that these lamella and folds are clearly homologous throughout the species of the several genera. It follows from this that the toothless forms, such as ''

'', are secondarily so, by degeneration of the teeth of their ancestors. Many species show the various stages of tooth degeneration.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference Pilsbry H. A. 1901. in Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. 1901-1902
''Oriental Bulimoid Helicidae. Odontostominae. Cerionidae'' Volume 14
Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. pag
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