Xanthonychidae

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Scientific name Xanthonychidae Rank Family
Similar Epiphragmophoridae, Humboldtianidae, Helminthoglyptidae, Urocoptidae, Charopidae

Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.

This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Subfamilies

The family Xanthonychidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879

Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928

tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928

tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987 - synonym: Tryonigentinae Schileyko, 1991

Metostracinae H. Nordsieck, 1987

Trichodiscininae H. Nordsieck, 1987

Trichodiscini H. Nordsieck, 1987

Miraverelliini Schileyko, 1991

Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:

subfamily Xanthonychinae

Xanthonyx Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the type genus of the family Xanthonychidae

subfamily ?

Cryptostracon Binney, 1879

Hemitrochus Swainson, 1840

Metostracon Pilsbry, 1900

Semiconchula Naranjo-García, Polaco & Pearce, 2000

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