Scolodontidae is a
taxonomic
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family
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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 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
Scolodontoidea.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851337 on 2021-02-21]
Taxonomy
The following genera are recognised in the family Scolodontidae:
* ''
Polygyratia''
Gray, 1847
* ''
Ridleyconcha''
Christensen, 2020
;Scolodontinae
* ''
Drepanostomella''
Bourguignat, 1889
* ''
Happia''
Bourguignat, 1889 - synonym: ''Ammonoceras''
L. Pfeiffer, 1855[Bank, R.; Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851337 on 2017-11-15]
* ''
Hirtudiscus
''Hirtudiscus'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Scolodontidae
Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebr ...
''
Hylton Scott, 1973
* ''
Scolodonta
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
''
Doering, 1875 - type genus of the family Scolodontidae
- synonym: ''Wayampia''
Tillier, 1980
* ''
Systrophia''
L. Pfeiffer, 1855
* ''
Zilchistrophia''
Weyrauch, 1960
;Tamayoinae
* ''
Guestieria''
Crosse H., 1872
* ''
Happiella''
H. B. Baker, 1925 - synonym: ''Occultator''
Pilsbry, 1926
* ''
Microhappia''
Thiele, 1927
* ''
Miradiscops''
Baker, 1925
* ''
Tamayoa
''Tamayoa'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Tamayoa'' is the type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Tamayoa'' include:
* '' Ta ...
''
H. B. Baker, 1925 - type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Ammonoceras''
L. Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of ''
Happia''
Bourguignat, 1890 (non Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Entodina''
Ancey, 1887: synonym of ''Systrophia'' (''Entodina'')
Ancey, 1887 represented as ''
Systrophia''
L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original rank)
* ''Occultator''
Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of ''Happiella''
H. B. Baker, 1925
* ''Ophiogyra''
Albers, 1850: synonym of ''
Polygyratia''
Gray, 1847 (objective junior synonym)
* ''Ridleya''
Ancey, 1901: synonym of ''
Ridleyconcha''
Christensen, 2020 (invalid: junior homonym of Ridleya Delage & Hérouard, 1899
orifera Ridleyconcha is a replacement name)
* ''Wayampia''
Tillier, 1980: synonym of ''
Scolodonta
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
''
Doering, 1875
References
* Hausdorf B. (2006). The systematic position of Scolodonta Döring, 1875 and Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 245 (3/4): 161-165
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
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