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Subulinidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Subulinidae

Rank
  
Family

Superfamily
  
Achatinoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Lower classifications
  
Decollate snail, Subulina octona, Allopeas clavulinum, Opeas

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

Contents

Distribution

Worldwide.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).

Subfamilies

The family Subulinidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): (The following unreferenced unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))

  • Subulininae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
  • Coeliaxinae Pilsbry, 1907 - synonym: Cryptelasminae Germain, 1916; Pyrgininae Germain, 1916
  • Glessulinae Godwin-Austen, 1920
  • Opeatinae Thiele, 1931
  • Petriolinae Schileyko, 1999
  • Rishetiinae Schileyko, 1999
  • Rumininae Wenz, 1923
  • Stenogyrinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877 - synonym: Obeliscinae Thiele, 1931
  • Genera

    Genera in the family Subulinidae include:

    Subulininae

  • Abaconia Clench, 1938
  • Allopeas H. B. Baker, 1935
  • Beckianum Baker, 1961
  • Curvella Chaper, 1885
  • Dysopeas Baker, 1927
  • Euonyma Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896
  • Hypolysia Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
  • Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882
  • Leptopeas Baker, 1927
  • Leptinaria Beck, 1837
  • Luntia Smith, 1898
  • Micropeas Connolly, 1923
  • Neoglessula Pilsbry, 1909
  • Paropeas Pilsbry, 1906
  • Pelatrinia Pilsbry, 1907
  • Prosopeas Mörch, 1876
  • Pseudoglessula Boettger, 1892
  • Pseudopeas Putzeys, 1899
  • Striosubulina Thiele, 1933
  • Vegrandinia Salvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013
  • Subulina Beck, 1837 - type genus of the family Subulinidae
  • Zootecus Westerlund, 1887
  • Coeliaxinae

  • Coeliaxis H. Adams & Angas, 1865 - type genus of the subfamily Coeliaxinae
  • Cryptelasmus Pilsbry, 1907
  • Ischnocion Pilsbry, 1907
  • Nannobeliscus Weyrauch, 1967
  • Neosubulina Smith, 1898
  • Pseudobalea Shuttleworth, 1854
  • Pyrgina Greef, 1882
  • Thomea Girard, 1893
  • Glessulinae

  • Glessula Martens, 1860 - type genus of the subfamily Glessulinae
  • Opeatinae

  • Eremopeas Pilsbry, 1906
  • Opeas Albers, 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Opeatinae
  • Petriolinae

  • Bocageia Girard, 1893
  • Ceras Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901
  • Chilonopsis Fischer de Waldheim, 1848
  • Cleostyla Dall, 1896
  • Comoropeas Pilsbry, 1906
  • Dictyoglessula Pilsbry, 1919
  • Homorus Albers, 1850
  • Ischnoglessula Pilsbry, 1919
  • Itiopiana Preston, 1910
  • Kempioconcha Preston, 1913
  • Liobocageia Pilsbry, 1919
  • Mabilliella Ancey, 1886
  • Notapalinus Connolly, 1923
  • Nothapalus von Martens, 1897
  • Oleata Ortiz de Zarate, 1959
  • Oreohomorus Pilsbry, 1919
  • Petriola Dall, 1905 - type genus of the subfamily Petriolinae
  • Subuliniscus Pilsbry, 1919
  • Subulona Martens, 1889
  • Rishetiinae

  • Bacillum Theobald, 1840
  • Eutomopeas Pilsbry, 1946
  • Rishetia Godwin-Austen, 1920 - type genus of the subfamily Rishetiinae
  • Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906
  • Rumininae

  • Balfouria Crosse, 1884
  • Krapfiella Preston, 1911
  • Lubricella Haas, 1928
  • Namibiella Zilch, 1954
  • Obeliscella Jousseaume, 1899
  • Riebeckia von Martens, 1883
  • Rumina Risso, 1826 - type genus of the subfamily Rumininae
  • Xerocerastus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1902
  • Stenogyrinae

  • Chryserpes Pilsbry, 1906
  • Cupulella Aguayo & Jaume, 1948
  • Dolicholestes Pilsbry, 1906
  • Lyobasis Pilsbry, 1903
  • Neobeliscus Pilsbry, 1896
  • Obeliscus Beck, 1837
  • Ochroderma Ancey, 1885
  • Ochrodermatina Thiele, 1931
  • Ochrodermella Pilsbry, 1907
  • Plicaxis Sykes, 1903
  • Promoussonius Pilsbry, 1906
  • Protobeliscus Pilsbry, 1906
  • Pseudocolumna Wenz, 1920
  • Rectobelus Baker, 1927
  • Rhodea Adams, 1855
  • Stenogyra Shuttleworth, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily Stenogyrinae
  • Synapterpes Pilsbry, 1896
  • Zoniferella Pilsbry, 1906
  • References

    Subulinidae Wikipedia