Strophocheilidae is a
taxonomic family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of air-breathing
land snails,
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 gastropod 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
Acavoidea
The Acavoidea are a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.
This taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986.
Taxonomy
...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Fossil record
The genus ''
Eoborus'' is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle
Paleocene
The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ''pal ...
of Brazil (
Itaboraí Basin
Itaboraí (, ) is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, that belongs to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. It was founded in 1672. In 2020, it had a population of 242,543.
Location
Culturally, its closest municipalities are São ...
)
and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin).
Genera
The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:
subfamily Strophocheilinae
Pilsbry, 1902
* ''
Anthinus''
Albers, 1850
* ''
Austroborus''
Parodiz, 1949
* ''
Chiliborus''
Pilsbry, 1926
* ''
Gonyostomus''
Beck, 1837
* ''
Mirinaba''
Morretes, 1952
* ''
Speironepion''
Bequaert, 1948
* ''
Strophocheilus''
Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae
subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973
* ''
Megalobulimus''
K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae
Strophocheilidae (temporary name):
* ''
Eoborus''
Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970
* ''
Maghrebiola''
Kadolsky & Hammouda, 2017
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Borus''
Albers, 1850: synonym of ''Megalobulimus''
K. Miller, 1878
* ''Coniclus''
Albers, 1850: synonym of ''Strophocheilus''
Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827
* ''Goniostomus'' auct.: synonym of ''Gonyostomus''
H. Beck, 1837 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* ''Gonyostoma''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''Gonyostomus''
H. Beck, 1837
* ''Metara''
Morretes, 1955: synonym of ''Mirinaba''
Morretes, 1955
* ''Microborus''
Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of ''Austroborus''
Parodiz, 1949 (unavailable, a junior homonym of Blandford, 1897
oleoptera
* ''Phaiopharus''
Morretes, 1955: synonym of ''Megalobulimus''
K. Miller, 1878
* ''Psiloicus''
Morretes, 1955: synonym of ''Megalobulimus''
K. Miller, 1878
References
External links
{{Strophocheilidae-stub