Valloniidae

Summary

Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.[2]

Valloniidae
A live individual of Vallonia pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Valloniidae
Morse, 1864
Synonyms[1]
  • Circinariidae Pilsbry, 1896
  • Acanthinulinae Steenberg, 1917
  • Pupisomatidae Iredale, 1940
Four shells of Acanthinula aculeata

Chromosome number edit

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[3]

Taxonomy edit

The family Valloniidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

Genera edit

Genera within the family Valloniidae include:

  • Acanthopupa Wenz in Fischer & Wenz, 1914
  • Esuinella Harzhauser, Neubauer & Georgopoulou in Harzhauser et al., 2014
  • Nanxiongospira Yü, 1977
  • Sexlamellospira Wang, 1982
  • Shanghuspira Yü, 1977
Subfamily Acanthinulinae Steenberg, 1917
Subfamily Valloniinae Morse, 1864

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Valloniidae Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593139 on 2020-08-24
  3. ^ 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.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Valloniidae at Wikimedia Commons