Xanthonychidae

Xanthonychidae

Xanthonychidae

Family of gastropods

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Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.[2]

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

2017 taxonomy

The family Xanthonychidae consists of the following subfamilies:

  • Echinichinae F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
  • Epiphragmophorinae Hoffmann, 1928
  • Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
  • Humboldtianinae Pilsbry, 1939
  • Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928
    • tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928
    • tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987 - synonym: Tryonigentinae Schileyko, 1991
    • tribe Metostracini H. Nordsieck, 1987
  • Metostracinae H. Nordsieck, 1987: synonym of Metostracini H. Nordsieck, 1987 (original rank)
  • Monadeniinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
  • Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879

Trichodiscininae H. Nordsieck, 1987: belongs to the family Trichodiscinidae H. Nordsieck, 1987

Lysinoidae may be treated as a separate family with subfamilies Leptariontinae, Lysinoinae and Metostracinae.[3]

Genera

Trichodiscina critina shell

Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:

Subfamily Echinichinae F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
  • Echinix F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
Subfamily Epiphragmophorinae Hoffmann, 1928
  • Angrandiella Ancey, 1886
  • Dinotropis Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937
  • Doeringina Ihering, 1929
  • Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875
  • Karlschmidtia F. Haas, 1955
  • Minaselates Cuezzo & Pena, 2017
  • Pilsbrya Ancey, 1887
subfamily Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
Subfamily Humboldtianinae Pilsbry, 1939
  • Tribe Bunnyini H. Nordsieck, 1987
    • Bunnya H. B. Baker, 1942
  • Tribe Humboldtianini Pilsbry, 1939
Subfamily Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928
  • Tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987
    • Leptarionta Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872 [4]
    • Semiconchula Naranjo-Garcia & Polaco, 2000
    • Tryonigens Pilsbry, 1927
  • Tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928
    • Lysinoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Tribe Metostracini H. Nordsieck, 1987
    • Cryptostrakon W.G. Binney, 1879 [4]
    • Metostracon Pilsbry, 1900
Subfamily Monadeniinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
Subfamily Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
  • Xanthonyx Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the type genus of the family Xanthonychidae[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Strebel & Pfeffer (1879). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna mexicanischer Land- und Süsswasser Conchylien, 4: 25.
  2. [2]
    MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Xanthonychidae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994714 on 2021-02-25
  3. [3]
    Bank, R. (2017). Lysinoidae Hoffmann, 1928. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994710 on 2017-08-29
  4. [4]
    Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
  5. [5]
    Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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