Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.[1][2]

Geomitridae
Cernuella virgata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Boettger, 1909
Type genus
Geomitra
Swainson, 1840
Genera

Anatomy

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The family is characterized by the presence of a free right ommatophoral retractor (passing outside the peni-oviducal angle) and a double stimulatory apparatus.[1] A free right ommatophoral retractor has been linked to adaptation to xeric habitats.[3]

Taxonomy

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The family Geomitridae is subdivided in the following subfamilies (according to Razkin et al., 2015[1])

  • Subfamily Geomitrinae
    • tribe Cochlicellini Schileyko, 1972
    • tribe Geomitrini C. Boettger, 1909 - synonym: Ochthephilinae Zilch, 1960 (n.a.)
    • tribe Ponentinini Razkin et al., 2015
  • Subfamily Helicellinae
    • tribe Cernuellini Schileyko, 1991
    • tribe Helicellini Ihering, 1909 - synonym: Jacostidae Pilsbry, 1948 (inv.)
    • tribe Helicopsini H. Nordsieck, 1987
    • tribe Plentuisini Razkin et al., 2015
    • tribe Trochoideini H. Nordsieck, 1987

Genera

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Genera with the family Geomitridae include:[1][4]

Not belonging to a subfamily:

subfamily Helicellinae

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Geomitridae C. R. Boettger, 1909". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ^ Giusti, F; Manganelli, G (1987). "Notulae malacologicae, XXXVI. On some Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Helicoidea) living in Sardinia and in Corsica.(Studies on the Sardinian and Corsican malacofauna VI)". Bollettino Malacologico. 23: 123–206.
  4. ^ Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29107619.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Geomitrini". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 4 August 2011.
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
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