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Ferussaciidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Achatinoidea

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Cecilioides, Cecilioides acicula, Punctidae, Chondrinidae, Enidae

Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.

Contents

This family has no subfamilies. The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864, however the latter has been declared as a nomen oblitum because it has not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a nomen protectum.

Distribution

The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas, Hawaii and tropical Asia.

Fossil record

Cecilioides sommeri is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin).

Anatomy

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

Genera

Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include: (The following unreferenced, unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))

  • Amphorella Lowe, 1852
  • Calaxis Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887
  • Cecilioides Férussac, 1814
  • Coilostele Benson, 1864
  • Conollya Odhner, 1932
  • Cylichnidia R. T. Lowe, 1852
  • Digoniaxis Jousseaume, 1889
  • Ferussacia Risso, 1826 - type genus of the family Ferussaciidae
  • Geostilbia Crosse, 1867
  • Hohenwartiana Bourguignat, 1864
  • Karolus Folin, 1870
  • Pseudocalaxis Pallary, 1912
  • Sculptiferussacia Germain, 1911
  • References

    Ferussaciidae Wikipedia