The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small

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s that can be found over the warmer parts of the

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. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae. This family is a lineage closely related to the

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(periwinkles) common in

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al habitat. They have adapted to terrestrial life and are thus sometimes called "land winkles". They are defined by a chalky operculum at the rear end of the body, the shape of their thick shell and their mouth and a characteristic spiral sculpture. The sexes are separate and can sometimes be recognised because the female shell is slightly larger than the male shell.

Taxonomy

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, the family Pomatiidae consisted of two subfamilies: *subfamily Pomatiinae Newton, 1891 (1828) - synonyms: Cyclostomatidae Menke, 1828; Cyclotopsinae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898; Ericiidae Wenz, 1915 *subfamily Annulariinae

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& Bartsch, 1941, 1920: this subfamily has been raised to the rank of family

Annulariidae The family Annulariidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate 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 f ...

Genera

Genera within the family Pomatiidae include: * † '' Anapomatias'' Hrubesch, 1965 * † '' Bauxia'' Caziot, 1891 * † '' Bembridgia'' P. Fischer, 1885 * '' Chondrothyrella'' Torre and Bartsch, 1938 * '' Cinnabarica'' Neubert, 2009 * '' Clatripoma'' Neubert, 2009 * '' Cyclostoma''

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, 1899 * '' Cyclotopsis'' Blanford, 1864 * '' Dioscopoma'' Neubert, 2009 * † ''Dissostoma'' Cossmann, 1888 * '' Ericia'' Partiot, 1848: synonym of ''

Pomatias ''Pomatias'' is a genus of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pomatias S. Studer, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...

'' S. Studer, 1789 * ''

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'' Bourguignat, 1882: synonym of '' Socotora'' Pallary, 1925 * '' Guillainia'' Crosse, 1884 * '' Leonia''

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, 1850 * '' Lithidion''

, 1850 * † '' Omanitopsis'' Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2016 * † '' Palaeocyclotus'' P. Fischer, 1885 * '' Platypoma'' Neubert, 2009 * ''

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, 1789 - type genus of the family Pomatiidae * † '' Procyclotopsis'' Wenz, 1924 * '' Rochebrunia'' Bourguignat, 1881 * '' Socotora'' Pallary, 1925 * '' Tropidophora'' Troschel, 1847 * '' Tudorella'' Fischer, 1885"Genus summary for ''Tudorella''"

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