Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.
This is the only family in the superfamily Achatinelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies in the family Achatinellidae include:
Achatinellinae Gulick, 1873 - synonym: Helicterinae Pease, 1870 (inv.)
Auriculellinae Odhner, 1921
Elasmatininae Iredale, 1937
tribe Elasmatinini Iredale, 1937 - synonyms: Strobilidae Zilch, 1959 (n.a.); Pitysinae Cooke & Kondo, 1961
tribe Antonellini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
tribe Tubuaiini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
Pacificellinae Steenberg, 1925
tribe Pacificellini Steenberg, 1925 - synonym: Tornatellinoptini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
tribe Lamellideini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
Tekoulininae Solem, 1972
Tornatellidinae Cooke & Kondo, 1961
tribe Tornatellidini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
tribe Tornatellariini Cooke & Kondo, 1961
Tornatellininae Sykes, 1900
tribe Tornatellinini Sykes, 1900
tribe Elasmiatini Kuroda & Habe, 1949
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 16 and 25 (according to the values in the table).
This family of snails occurs widely in the Pacific islands. They are at their most diverse in the Hawaiian group.
Genera in the family Achatinellidae include:
Achatinellinae
Achatinella Swainson, 1828 - type genus of the subfamily Achatinellinae
Partulina Pfeiffer, 1854
Perdicella Pease, 1870
Newcombia Pfeiffer, 1854
Auriculellinae
Auriculella Pfeiffer, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily Auriculellinae
Elasmatininae
tribe Elasmatinini
tribe Antonellini
tribe Tubuaiini
Tubuaia
Pacificellinae
tribe Pacificellini
Tornatellinops Pilsbry & Cooke, 1915
tribe Lamellideini
Lamellidea Pilsbry, 1910
Tekoulininae
Tornatellidinae
tribe Tornatellidini
Tornatellides Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Tornatellidini
tribe Tornatellariini
Tornatellaria Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Tornatellariini
Tornatellininae
tribe Tornatellinini
Tornatellina L. Pfeiffer, 1842 - type genus the tribe Tornatellinini
tribe Elasmiatini
Elasmias Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Elasmiatini
unsorted
Gulickia Cooke, 1915
† Hotumatua Kirch, Christensen & Steadman, 2009 - Hotumatua anakenana Kirch, Christensen & Steadman, 2009
Tornatellinops Pilsbry, 1915
Tornelasmias Iredale, 1944
