Orculidae is a

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of mostly minute, 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 ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

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 ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the superfamily

Pupilloidea Pupilloidea is a superfamily of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the infraorder '' Pupilloidei'' . Taxonomy This superfamily contains the following families: * Achatinellidae Gulick, 1873 * Agard ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842724 on 2021-11-26

Genera

Genera within the family Orculidae include:Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)'' (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 125 (1/2): 1-86. * ''

Alvariella Alvariella is a monotypic genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the super ...

'' Hausdorf 1996 * † '' Nordsieckula'' Harl & Harzhauser in Harzhauser et al., 2014 * ''

Orcula ''Orcula'' is a genus of land snails in the family Orculidae. It is the type genus of the family.Páll-Gergely, B., et al. (2013)Subeneric division of the genus Orcula Held 1837 with remarks on Romanian orculid data (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orcul ...

'' Held, 1838 * ''

Orculella ''Orculella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The genus ''Orculella'' occurs in the whole Mediterranean region. The richest areas in terms of species are Turkey and th ...

'' Steenberger, 1925 * ''

Pilorcula ''Pilorcula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The species and subspecies in this genus inhabit the Caucasus and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the ...

'' Germain, 1912 * † '' Pupilorcula'' Steklov, 1966 * ''

Schileykula ''Schileykula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. All of the species and subspecies in this genus inhabit Turkey, with the exception of the subspecies ''Schileykula scyp ...

'' Gittenberger, 1983 * ''

Sphyradium ''Sphyradium'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae within the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837. Acces ...

'' Charpentier, 1837 ;Synonyms: * ''Mesorculella'' Schileyko, 1976: synonym of ''Orculella'' Steenberg, 1925 * ''Pupula'' Mörch, 1852: synonym of ''Orcula'' Held, 1838 * ''Scyphus'' Cecconi, 1908: synonym of ''Sphyradium'' Charpentier, 1837

References

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J., Haring E., Asami T., Sittenthaler M., Sattmann H. & Páll-Gergely B. (2017). Molecular systematics of the land snail family Orculidae reveal paraphyly and deep splits within the clade Orthurethra (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(4): 778-794
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