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Urocyclidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicarionoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Urocyclidae

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Dyakiidae, Helicarionidae, Euconulidae, Boettgerillidae, Dorcasiidae

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Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Contents

Some species within this family make and use love darts before mating.

Distribution

The Urocyclidae are distributed in the Afrotropical Region, including Madagascar, the Comores and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea.

Taxonomy

The family Urocyclidae consists of 2 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), that follows classification of Urocyclinae by Van Goethem (1977):

  • subfamily Urocyclinae Simroth, 1889
  • tribe Urocyclini Simroth, 1889 - synonyms: Atoxonini Schileyko, 2002; Buettneriini Schileyko, 2002
  • tribe Dendrolimacini Van Goethem, 1977
  • tribe Leptichnini Van Goethem, 1977
  • tribe Upembellini Van Goethem, 1977
  • subfamily Sheldoniinae Connolly, 1925 (1912) - synonyms: Peltatinae Godwin-Austen, 1912; Trochonanininae Connolly, 1912; Trochozonitinae Iredale, 1914; Ledoulxiinae Pilsbry, 1919; Gymnarionidae Von Mol, 1970; Rhysotinidae Schileyko, 2002; Zonitarionini Schileyko, 2002; Acantharionini Schileyko, 2002

    • Genera

    Genera within the family Urocyclidae include:

    Subfamily Urocyclinae
    tribe Urocyclini

  • Atoxon Simroth, 1888
  • Buettnerella Simroth, 1910 - synonym: Buettneria Simroth, 1888
  • Urocyclus Gray, 1864 - the type genus of the family Urocyclidae

    • Tribe Dendrolimacini

  • Dendrolimax Heynemann, 1868 - the type genus of the tribe Dendrolimacini

    • Tribe Leptichnini

  • Leptichnus Simroth, 1896 - the type genus of the tribe Leptichnini

    • Tribe Upembellini

  • Upembella Van Goethem, 1969 - the type genus of the tribe Upembellini

    • Subfamily Sheldoniinae

  • Acantharion Binder & Tillier, 1985
  • Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919
  • Ledoulxia Bourguignat, 1885
  • Rhysotina Ancey, 1887
  • Sheldonia Ancey, 1887 - the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae
  • Trochonanina Mousson, 1869
  • Trochozonites Pfeffer, 1883
  • Zonitarion Pfeffer, 1883

    • Unsorted:

  • Centrafricarion Van Mol, 1970
  • Verrucarion van Mol, 1970
  • Zingis

    • Cladogram

    The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family to other families in the limacoid clade:

    References

    Urocyclidae Wikipedia
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