Gastrodontidae

Summary

Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [3]

Gastrodontidae
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent ?Upper Paleocene, Upper Oligocene-Recent[1]
Two shells of Zonitoides nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Tryon, 1866 [2]
Type genus
Gastrodonta
Albers, 1850
Genera

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Synonyms[3]
  • Janulinae Wenz, 1923
  • Poecilozonitinae Pilsbry, 1924

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution edit

The distribution of the Gastrodontidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical and Hawaii.[4] There are some representatives in Bermuda and Madeira.

Anatomy edit

Some snail species in this family use love darts made of cartilage.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[5]

Genera edit

Genera within the family include:

Synonyms
  • Aegopina Kobelt, 1879: synonym of Retinella P. Fischer, 1877
  • Alienitor Iredale, 1937: synonym of Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862 (junior synonym)
  • Bermudia Ancey, 1887: synonym of Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884
  • Edusa Albers, 1860: synonym of Mesomphix (Moreletia) Gray, 1855 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
  • Glyphognomon H. B. Baker, 1930: synonym of Glyphyalinia E. von Martens, 1892
  • Glyphyaloides H. B. Baker, 1930: synonym of Glyphyalus H. B. Baker, 1928
  • Juno Mazyck, 1889: synonym of Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884
  • Namoitena Iredale, 1933: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
  • Omphalina Rafinesque, 1831: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819 (original rank)
  • Politenella Balashov, 2016: synonym of Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927
  • Zonitellus H. B. Baker, 1928: synonym of Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862

Cladogram edit

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of families in the limacoid clade:[4]

 limacoid clade 

References edit

  1. ^ "Family summary for Gastrodontidae". AnimalBase, accessed 3 September 2010.
  2. ^ Tryon G. W. (1 July) 1866. Monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. American Journal of Conchology, 2(3): 218-277, plates 1-4. Page 242 and page 254.
  3. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gastrodontidae Tryon, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821641 on 2020-05-08
  4. ^ a b Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
  5. ^ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Gastrodontidae". Fauna Europaea, accessed 4 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Genera in family Gastrodontidae" [n=2]. AnimalBase, accessed 3 September 2010.

Further reading edit

  • Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309-1466.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Gastrodontidae at Wikimedia Commons