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Sphincterochilidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Sphincterochilidae

Similar
  
Sphincterochila candidissima, Sphincterochila baetica, Cochlicellidae, Trissexodontidae, Sphincterochila cariosula

Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Contents

In the fossil record, Sphincterochilidae are known from the upper Eocene to the Holocene.

Distribution

The distribution of Sphincterochilidae includes the western-Palearctic zone.

Taxonomy

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

  • subfamily Sphincterochilinae Zilch, 1960 (1910) - synonyms: Calcarinidae Pallary, 1909 (inv.); Albeidae Pallary, 1910. Sphincterochilidae is a conserved name to take the priority of Leucochroidae Westerlund, 1886.
  • subfamily † Pseudoleptaxinae H. Nordsieck, 1986

    • Genera

    Genera within the family Sphincterochilidae include:

    Sphincterochilinae

  • Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887 - type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae

    • † Pseudoleptaxinae

  • † Pseudoleptaxis Pilsbry, 1895 - type genus o the subfamily Pseudoleptaxinae

    • Ecology

    Sphincterochilidae land snails are xerothermophilous, i.e. they are well adapted to hot dry places.

    References

    Sphincterochilidae Wikipedia
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