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Valloniidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Valloniidae

Higher classification
  
Pupilloidea

Superfamily
  
Pupilloidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Valloniidae

Similar
  
Vallonia, Molluscs, Gastropods, Punctidae, Chondrinidae

Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

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Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).

Taxonomy

The family Valloniidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera within the family Valloniidae include:

  • Acanthinula Beck, 1847
  • Spermodea Westerlund, 1902
  • Vallonia Risso, 1826 - the type genus of the family Valloniidae
  • Planogyra Morse, 1864
  • Pupisoma Stoliczka 1873
  • Zoogenetes Morse, 1864
  • References

    Valloniidae Wikipedia