Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing

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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 ...

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s in the superfamily

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 ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870597 on 2021-01-03 This family is classified within the order

Stylommatophora Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong. 2017. Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification ...

within the superorder

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). This family has no subfamilies. The family Pleurodontidae includes some American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family

Camaenidae Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora. These ...

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whose

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was in doubt.

Anatomy

Pleurodontids are defined by a missing

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. However the diverticulum is partially present in the genus ''

Solaropsis ''Solaropsis'', also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. ...

''. The stimulatory organ is equally missing. However, ''

'' has in part a penial stimulator and a divided penis retractor muscle.

Genera

Genera within this family include: * ''Coloniconcha'' Pilsbry, 1933 - with the only species ''

Coloniconcha prima ''Coloniconcha prima'' is a species of air-breathing semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: ''Coloniconcha prima'' Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pl ...

'' Pilsbry, 1933 * ''

Dentellaria ''Dentellaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superf ...

'' Schumacher, 1817 - either separate genus (with a synonym: ''Lucerna'')Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". ''Ruthenica'' Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1820. or as a synonym of ''Pleurodonte'' * '' Discolepis'' Ancey, 1904 * '' Eurycratera'' Beck, 1837Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" ''

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'' 155(1): 117-161. . ** '' Eurycratera jamaicensis'' (Gmelin, 1791) * † '' Ganeselloides'' Yen, 1969 * ''

Gonostomopsis ''Gonostomopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonostomopsis Pilsbry, 1889. Accessed thro ...

'' Pilsbry, 1889 * '' Lucerna'' Swainson, 1840 * ''

Pleurodonte ''Pleurodonte'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Acces ...

'' Fischer de Waldheim, 1807 * '' Psadara'' Miller, 1878 - synonym or subgenus of ''Solaropsis'' * ''

'' Beck, 1837 * ''

Thelidomus ''Thelidomus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thelidomus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

'' Swainson, 1840 (or in Camaenidae) * '' Zachrysia'' Pilsbry, 1926 (or in Camaenidae)

References

External links

Hartmut Nordsieck, Higher classification of Helicoidea and the molecular analyses of their phylogeny
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7204777 Gastropod families Taxa named by Hermann von Ihering