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).
Some species within this family make and use love darts before mating.
The Urocyclidae are distributed in the Afrotropical Region, including Madagascar, the Comores and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea.
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, 1889tribe Urocyclini Simroth, 1889 - synonyms: Atoxonini Schileyko, 2002; Buettneriini Schileyko, 2002tribe Dendrolimacini Van Goethem, 1977tribe Leptichnini Van Goethem, 1977tribe Upembellini Van Goethem, 1977subfamily 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, 2002Genera within the family Urocyclidae include:
Subfamily Urocyclinae
tribe Urocyclini
Atoxon Simroth, 1888Buettnerella Simroth, 1910 - synonym: Buettneria Simroth, 1888Urocyclus Gray, 1864 - the type genus of the family UrocyclidaeTribe Dendrolimacini
Dendrolimax Heynemann, 1868 - the type genus of the tribe DendrolimaciniTribe Leptichnini
Leptichnus Simroth, 1896 - the type genus of the tribe LeptichniniTribe Upembellini
Upembella Van Goethem, 1969 - the type genus of the tribe UpembelliniSubfamily Sheldoniinae
Acantharion Binder & Tillier, 1985Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919Ledoulxia Bourguignat, 1885Rhysotina Ancey, 1887Sheldonia Ancey, 1887 - the type genus of the subfamily SheldoniinaeTrochonanina Mousson, 1869Trochozonites Pfeffer, 1883Zonitarion Pfeffer, 1883Unsorted:
Centrafricarion Van Mol, 1970Verrucarion van Mol, 1970ZingisThe following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family to other families in the limacoid clade:
