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, 1921Elasmatininae Iredale, 1937tribe Elasmatinini Iredale, 1937 - synonyms: Strobilidae Zilch, 1959 (n.a.); Pitysinae Cooke & Kondo, 1961tribe Antonellini Cooke & Kondo, 1961tribe Tubuaiini Cooke & Kondo, 1961Pacificellinae Steenberg, 1925tribe Pacificellini Steenberg, 1925 - synonym: Tornatellinoptini Cooke & Kondo, 1961tribe Lamellideini Cooke & Kondo, 1961Tekoulininae Solem, 1972Tornatellidinae Cooke & Kondo, 1961tribe Tornatellidini Cooke & Kondo, 1961tribe Tornatellariini Cooke & Kondo, 1961Tornatellininae Sykes, 1900tribe Tornatellinini Sykes, 1900tribe Elasmiatini Kuroda & Habe, 1949In 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 AchatinellinaePartulina Pfeiffer, 1854Perdicella Pease, 1870Newcombia Pfeiffer, 1854Auriculellinae
Auriculella Pfeiffer, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily AuriculellinaeElasmatininae
tribe Elasmatininitribe Antonellinitribe TubuaiiniTubuaiaPacificellinae
tribe PacificelliniTornatellinops Pilsbry & Cooke, 1915tribe LamellideiniLamellidea Pilsbry, 1910Tekoulininae
Tornatellidinae
tribe TornatellidiniTornatellides Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Tornatellidinitribe TornatellariiniTornatellaria Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe TornatellariiniTornatellininae
tribe TornatellininiTornatellina L. Pfeiffer, 1842 - type genus the tribe Tornatellininitribe ElasmiatiniElasmias Pilsbry, 1910 - type genus of the tribe Elasmiatiniunsorted
Gulickia Cooke, 1915† Hotumatua Kirch, Christensen & Steadman, 2009 - Hotumatua anakenana Kirch, Christensen & Steadman, 2009Tornatellinops Pilsbry, 1915Tornelasmias Iredale, 1944
