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Orthalicidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Orthalicoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Orthalicidae

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Bulimulidae, Drymaeus, Bulimulus, Liguus, Orthalicus

Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora. They are medium-sized to large snails, from about 3 cm (about 1.2 inches) to 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) in shell length.

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Taxonomy

In former times, this family was often known as the Bulimulidae, but this term may also denote what today is the subfamily Bulimulinae. The subfamily Bulimulinae replaces the former family Bulimulidae Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873.

2005 taxonomy

The Orthalicidae belong to the Orthalicoidea, a superfamily in the clade Sigmurethra. Like other stylommatophorans, the Sigmurethra belong to the suborder Eupulmonata. Among the three subfamilies of Orthalicidae, the Bulimulinae are the most diverse, consisting of three tribes:

  • subfamily Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873 - synonym Peltellinae Gray, 1855 (check decision of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for Peltellinae) - 17 species
  • subfamily Bulimulinae Tryon, 1867 - 1243 species
  • tribe Bulimulini Tryon, 1867 - synonyms: Bulimidae Guilding, 1828 (inv.); Berendtiinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1872; Bothiembryontidae Iredale, 1937
  • tribe Odontostomini Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 - 125 species
  • tribe Simpulopsini Schileyko, 1999 - synonym: Tomogeridae Jousseaume, 1877
  • subfamily Orthalicinae Albers, 1850 - synonym: Liguidae Pilsbry, 1891 - 83 species

    • 2010 taxonomy

    Breure et al. (2010) elevated Bulimulinae to Bulimulidae, Odontostomini to Odontostomidae, Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.

    2012 taxonomy

    Breure & Romero (2012) confirmed previous results from 2010, additionally they elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae.

    Genera

    Genera within the family Orthalicidae include:

  • Corona Albers, 1850
  • Hemibulimus Martens, 1885
  • Kara Strebel, 1910
  • Liguus Montfort, 1810
  • Orthalicus Beck, 1837 - type genus of the family Orthalicidae
  • Porphyrobaphe Shuttleworth, 1856
  • Sultana Shuttleworth, 1856

    • References

    Orthalicidae Wikipedia
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