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Cochlicopidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cochlicopoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Pulmonata

Scientific name
  
Cochlicopidae

Rank
  
Family

Cochlicopidae

Lower classifications
  
Cochlicopa, Cochlicopa lubrica

Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.

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Anatomy

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

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • subfamily Cochlicopinae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) - synonyms: Cionellidae L. Pfeiffer, 1879; Zuidae Bourguignat, 1884
  • subfamily Azecinae Watson, 1920 - synonym: Cryptazecinae Schileyko, 1999

    • Genera

    The family Cochlicopidae includes the following genera:

    subfamily Cochlicopinae

  • Cochlicopa Férussac, 1821 - synonym: Cionella Jeffreys, 1830

    • subfamily Azecinae

  • Azeca Fleming, 1828
  • Cryptazeca Folin & Bérillon, 1877
  • Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858

    • References

    Cochlicopidae Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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