The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate

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. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae. This family is a lineage closely related to the Littorinidae (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 Henderson & Bartsch, 1941, 1920: this subfamily has been raised to the rank of family

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Genera

Genera within the family Pomatiidae include: * † '' Anapomatias'' Hrubesch, 1965 * † '' Bauxia'' Caziot, 1891 * † '' Bembridgia'' P. Fischer, 1885 * '' Bermudezia'' Torre & Bartsch, 1941 * '' 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'' S. Studer, 1789 * ''

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'' Bourguignat, 1882: synonym of '' Socotora'' Pallary, 1925 * '' Guillainia'' Crosse, 1884 * '' Leonia'' Gray, 1850 * '' Lithidion'' Gray, 1850 * † '' Omanitopsis'' Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2016 * † '' Palaeocyclotus'' P. Fischer, 1885 * '' Platypoma'' Neubert, 2009 * '' Pomatias'' Studer, 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''"
AnimalBase, accessed 28 march 2011.

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