Helicinidae

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Helicinidae
Helicina rhodostoma.png
A live individual of Helicina rhodostoma
Alcadia conuloides.png
A live individual of Alcadia conuloides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Helicinidae
Férussac, 1822
Genera

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Diversity[1]
770-1400 species (estimation)

Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails which have an operculum. They are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea.

These snails are not at all closely related to the air-breathing land snails, despite a superficial similarity of the shells. The name "Helicinidae" immediately reminds most people of "Helicidae", the most popular group of land snails including e.g. Helix pomatia, but the important two letters "ni" only from the Latin dimunitive of the latter name alluding to superficial similarities of otherwise completely different things.

Distribution[]

These snails are found in tropical and subtropical areas but they have an odd distribution: they are restricted to the Caribbean islands and some Indo-Pacific and Pacific islands, as well as the edge of the Asian and Australian continents. Some species are found in the southern United States, from Louisiana to Florida; others in Central and South America.

Taxonomy[]

Helicinidae belongs to superfamily Helicinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]

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

  • Férussac, 1822 - synonym: Olygyridae Gray, 1847; Bourcierinae Paetel, 1890
  • Pilsbry, 1927
  • † Wenz, 1938[3]
  • H. B. Baker, 1926
  • C. B. Adams, 1849
  • H. B. Baker, 1922

Genera[]

Genera within the family Helicinidae include:

Subfamily Helicininae

  • Alcadia Gray, 1840
  • Bourciera Pfeiffer, 1852
  • Helicina Lamarck, 1799 - type genus of the family Helicinidae[2]
  • Wagner, 1905
  • Lucidella Swainson, 1840
  • Ogasawarana Wagner, 1905
  • Say, 1818
  • Wagner, 1905[4]
  • Moellendorff, 1893[4]
  • Shuttleworth, 1852
  • Baker, 1924[citation needed]
  • Wagner, 1905

subfamily Ceratodiscinae

  • Ceratodiscus Simpson & Henderson, 1901 - type genus of the subfamily Ceratodiscinae[2]

Subfamily † Dimorphoptychiinae

Subfamily Hendersoniinae

  • A. J. Wagner, 1905 - type genus of the subfamily Hendersoniinae[2]
  • Waldemaria Wagner, 1905

Subfamily Stoastomatinae

  • C. B. Adams, 1849 - type genus of the subfamily Stoastomatinae[2]

Subfamily

  • Calidviana Baker, 1954
  • Morelet, 1891
  • Fischer, 1885
  • Geophorus Fischer, 1885
  • Crosse, 1885
  • Nevill, 1881
  • Fischer & Crosse, 1893
  • Viana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 - type genus of the subfamily Vianinae[2]

Subfamily ?

  • Emoda Adams, 1856[5]
  • Glyptemoda Clench & Aguayo, 1950[5]
  • Priotrochatella Fischer, 1893[5]
  • Semitrochatella Aguayo & Jaume, 1958[5]
  • Sturanyella Pilsbry & Cooke, 1934[6]
  • Troschelviana Baker, 1922[5]
  • Ustronia Kobelt, 1908[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Richling I. (2014). "Poorly explored jewels of the tropics: Estimating diversity in non-pulmonate land snails of the family Helicinidae (Gastropoda: Neritopsina)". 32(2): 246-258. doi:10.4003/006.032.0216.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ^ Wenz W. (1938). "Teil 1: Allgememeiner Teil und Prosobranchia". In: Schindewolf O. H. (ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6, Gastropoda, Borntraeger, Berlin, 6(1): 1-240. pages 53-54.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B (1998): 353, 347.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  6. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Sturanyella carolinarum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 June 2011.

Further reading[]

  • Richling I. (2001). "New species of Helicinidae from Costa Rica (Gastropoda: Neritopsina)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie 17: 1-8. Cismar.
  • Richling I. (2004). "Classification of the Helicinidae: Review of Morphological Characteristics Based on a Revision of the Costa Rican Species and Application to the Arrangement of the Central American Mainland Taxa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neritopsina)". 45(2): 195-440.
  • Richling I. (2004). "Coloration in Helicinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neritopsina)". Malacologia 46(1): 217-224.
  • Richling I. (2005). "Biographical remarks on Dr. and the collection of Helicinidae in the Museum and Institute of Zoology in Warszawa". Folia Malacologica 13(4): 197-206.
  • Richling I. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails". Zoosystematics and Evolution 84(2): 265-310. doi:10.1002/zoos.200800011.
  • Richling I. (2009). "The Radiation of the Helicinidae in New Caledonia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neritopsina) including zoogeographical considerations". In: Grandcolas P. (ed.). "Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia". Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 198: 247-372. Paris. abstract

species specific reading:

  • Richling I., Franke S., Fernánndez V. A. & Sigaretta V., S. (2007). "New data on the micro-land snails Eutrochatella (Microviana) spinopoma Aguayo 1943 and Eutrochatella (Microviana) holguinensis Aguayo 1932 (Neritopsina: Helicinidae) in the province of Holguín, eastern Cuba". Schriften zur Malakozoologie 23: 19-24. Cismar.

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