Orculidae
Orculidae
Family of gastropods
Quick Facts Scientific classification ...
| Orculidae | |
|---|---|
| Orcula dolium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918 |
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Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. [1]
Genera within the family Orculidae include:[2]
- Alvariella Hausdorf 1996
- † Nordsieckula Harl & Harzhauser in Harzhauser et al., 2014
- Orcula Held, 1838
- Orculella Steenberger, 1925
- Pilorcula Germain, 1912
- † Pupilorcula Steklov, 1966
- Schileykula Gittenberger, 1983
- Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837
- Synonyms
- Mesorculella Schileyko, 1976: synonym of Orculella Steenberg, 1925
- Pupula Mörch, 1852: synonym of Orcula Held, 1838
- Scyphus Cecconi, 1908: synonym of Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842724 on 2021-11-26
- Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 125 (1/2): 1-86.