Gastrodontidae
Family of gastropods
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]
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 ).
Distribution
The distribution of the Gastrodontidae includes the Nearctic , western-Palearctic , eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical and Hawaii .[ 4] Bermuda and Madeira .
Anatomy
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
Genera within the family include:
Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927 † Archaegopis Wenz in K. Fischer & Wenz, 1914
Atlantica Ancey, 1887 Gastrodonta Albers, 1850 Glyphyalinia E. von Martens, 1892 Godwinia Sykes, 1900 Janulus Lowe, 1852 [ 6] Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819 Nesovitrea C. M. Cooke, 1921 Patulopsis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879 Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928 Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884 - Bermuda land snail Pseudohyalina Morse, 1864 Retinella P. Fischer, 1877 Striatura E. S. Morse , 1864[ 6] Striaturops Baker, 1928 Ventridens W. G. Binney & Bland, 1869 † Vermetujanulus Walther & Groh, 2020
Vermetum Wollaston, 1878 Vitrinizonites W.G. Binney, 1879 Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862 [ 6] [ 7] 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, 1819Omphalina Rafinesque, 1831 : synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819 (original rank)Politenella Balashov, 2016 : synonym of Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927 Pseudohyalinia [sic]: synonym of Pseudohyalina E. S. Morse, 1864 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)Zonitellus H. B. Baker, 1928 : synonym of Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862
Cladogram
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of families in the limacoid clade :[ 4]
References
^ "Family summary for Gastrodontidae" . AnimalBase, accessed 3 September 2010.^ 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.^ 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
^ 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 .
^ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology . in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs ISBN 0-85199-318-4 . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
^ a b c d e f g "Gastrodontidae" . Fauna Europaea , accessed 4 September 2010.^ "Genera in family Gastrodontidae" [n=2]. AnimalBase , accessed 3 September 2010.
External links
Tryon, G. W. (1866). Monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. American Journal of Conchology. 2(3): 218-279, pls 1-4 [-(1 July); 2(4): 306-327, pls 5-6 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 [usurped] Gastrodontidae at Wikimedia Commons
