family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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
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 with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily
Sagdoidea
Sagdoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Helicoidei of the suborder Helicina. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sagdoidea Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Re ...
and as a member of 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 ...
. Some species of Sagdidae are ovoviviparous.
Anatomy
Vestigial
love darts
A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stored internally in a dart sac. The ...
exist in some species within this family.
Subfamilies and genera
The family Sagdidae consists of the following subfamilies:
* Aquebaninae H. B. Baker, 1940
* Platysuccineinae H. B. Baker, 1940
* Polydontinae Schileyko, 2006
* Sagdinae Pilsbry, 1895
* Yunqueinae Schileyko, 1998
Genera in the family Sagdidae include:Sagdidae Discover Life, accessed 6 December 2008.
The type genus is
Sagda
''Sagda'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Sagdidae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Sagda'' include:Aerotrochus''
* '' Aquebana''
* '' Corneosagda''
* ''
Granodomus
''Granodomus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae
Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod m ...
'' Wurtz, 1955
* ''
Hispaniolana
''Hispaniolana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae
Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mo ...
Hyalosagda
''Hyalosagda'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sagdinae of the family Sagdidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyalosagda E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: Worl ...
Odontosagda
''Odontosagda'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Sagdidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Odontosagda'' include:
* ''Odontosagda blandii
''Odontosagda blandii'' is a spe ...
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Odontosagda blandii
''Odontosagda blandii'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae
Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks with highest d ...