Scientific name Bulimulidae Rank Family | ||
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Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
Contents
- Leiostracus vittatus spix 1827 bulimulidae atlantic forest northeastern bahia brazil
- Distribution
- Fossil record
- Anatomy
- Taxonomy
- 2005 taxonomy
- 2010 taxonomy
- 2012 taxonomy
- Genera
- References
Leiostracus vittatus spix 1827 bulimulidae atlantic forest northeastern bahia brazil
Distribution
Distribution of species in the family Bulimulidae includes Ecuador (9 genera) and other South American countries.
Fossil record
The family's oldest fossil record dates from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin).
Anatomy
Members of this family have a haploid chromosome number between 26 to 30 (according to the values in this table).
Shells of species within Bostrycinae have a smooth protoconch and the genital organs feature a relatively long penis sheath (ca. 1/4–1/6 total phallus length).
Taxonomy
Previously, the members of the Orthalicidae were also included in this subfamily, as the subfamily Orthalicinae, and the taxa listed here were placed in their own subfamily, the Bulimulinae.
2005 taxonomy
Bulimulinae was placed in the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The subfamily Bulimulinae included 3 tribes:
2010 taxonomy
Breure et al. (2010) moved Bothriembryon to Placostylidae (since 2012 as Bothriembryontidae), elevated Bulimulinae to Bulimulidae and Odontostomini to Odontostomidae.
2012 taxonomy
Breure & Romero (2012) confirmed previous results from 2010, additionally they elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae. There are three subfamilies within Bulimulidae:
Genera
Genera in the family Bulimulidae include:
subfamily Bulimulinae
subfamily Peltellinae
subfamily Bostrycinae
within Bulimulidae, subfamily ?
unsorted, maybe within Bulimulidae (can be also either in Bulimulidae or Odontostomidae or in Simpulopsidae)