Xanthonychidae is a
family
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of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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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
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. (2021). MolluscaBase. Xanthonychidae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994714 on 2021-02-25]
This family is 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).
2017 taxonomy
The family Xanthonychidae consists of the following subfamilies:
*
Echinichinae F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
*
Epiphragmophorinae
Epiphragmophorinae is a subfamily (biology), subfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Xanthonychidae (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 ...
Hoffmann, 1928
*
Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
*
Humboldtianinae Pilsbry, 1939
*
Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928
** tribe Lysinoini
Hoffmann, 1928
** tribe Leptariontini
H. Nordsieck, 1987 - synonym: Tryonigentinae Schileyko, 1991
** tribe Metostracini
H. Nordsieck, 1987
* Metostracinae
H. Nordsieck, 1987: synonym of Metostracini
H. Nordsieck, 1987 (original rank)
*
Monadeniinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
*
Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
Trichodiscininae
H. Nordsieck, 1987: belongs to the family
Trichodiscinidae H. Nordsieck, 1987
Lysinoidae may be treated as a separate family with subfamilies Leptariontinae, Lysinoinae and Metostracinae.
[Bank, R. (2017). Lysinoidae Hoffmann, 1928. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994710 on 2017-08-29]
Genera
Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:
;Subfamily Echinichinae
F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
* ''
Echinix''
F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
; Subfamily Epiphragmophorinae
Hoffmann, 1928
* ''
Angrandiella''
Ancey, 1886
* ''
Dinotropis''
Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937
* ''
Doeringina''
Ihering, 1929
* ''
Epiphragmophora''
Doering, 1875
* ''
Karlschmidtia''
F. Haas, 1955
* ''
Minaselates
''Minaselates paradoxa'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Minaselates Cuezzo & Pena, 2017. Accessed through: Worl ...
''
Cuezzo & Pena, 2017
* ''
Pilsbrya''
Ancey, 1887
; subfamily
Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
; Subfamily Humboldtianinae
Pilsbry, 1939
* Tribe Bunnyini
H. Nordsieck, 1987
** ''
Bunnya''
H. B. Baker, 1942
* Tribe Humboldtianini
Pilsbry, 1939
** ''
Humboldtiana''
Ihering, 1892
; Subfamily Lysinoinae
Hoffmann, 1928
* Tribe Leptariontini
H. Nordsieck, 1987
** ''
Leptarionta''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872
** ''
Semiconchula''
Naranjo-Garcia & Polaco, 2000
** ''
Tryonigens''
Pilsbry, 1927
* Tribe Lysinoini
Hoffmann, 1928
** ''
Lysinoe''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
* Tribe Metostracini
H. Nordsieck, 1987
** ''
Cryptostrakon''
W.G. Binney, 1879
** ''
Metostracon''
Pilsbry, 1900
; Subfamily Monadeniinae
H. Nordsieck, 1987
* ''
Monadenia
''Monadenia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...
''
Pilsbry, 1895
; Subfamily Xanthonychinae
Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
* ''
Xanthonyx''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
of the family Xanthonychidae
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
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