Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails (and semi-slugs such as Otoconcha dimidiata), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.[1]

Charopidae
A live Notodiscus hookeri
Three views of a shell of Radiodiscus patagonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Charopidae
Hutton, 1884
Synonyms
  • Dipnelicidae Iredale, 1937
  • Flammulinidae Crosse, 1895
  • Hedleyoconchidae Iredale, 1942
  • Pseudocharopidae Iredale, 1944
  • Trachycystidae Schileyko, 1986

Taxonomy

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The following genera are recognised in the family Charopidae:[1]

Subfamily Charopinae

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Subfamily Flammoconchinae

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Subfamily Flammulininae

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Subfamily Otoconchinae

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Subfamily Phenacohelicinae

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Subfamily Ranfurlyinae

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  • Ranfurlya Suter, 1903 - type genus of the subfamily Ranfurlyinae

Subfamily Rotadiscinae

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An undesribed species of Rotadiscus from Toca do Gonçalo cave in Brazil

Subfamily Semperdoninae

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Subfamily Therasiinae

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Subfamily Thysanotinae

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Subfamily Trachycystinae

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Subfamily Trukcharopinae

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Incerta sedis

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References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Charopidae Hutton, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816165 on 12 February 2021