Xanthonychidae
| Xanthonychidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Xanthonyx | |
Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies
The family Xanthonychidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
- Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928
- tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928
- tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987 - synonym: Tryonigentinae Schileyko, 1991
- Metostracinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Trichodiscininae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Trichodiscini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Miraverelliini Schileyko, 1991
Genera
Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:
subfamily Xanthonychinae
- Xanthonyx Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the type genus of the family Xanthonychidae[2]
subfamily ?
- Cryptostracon Binney, 1879[3]
- Hemitrochus Swainson, 1840
- Metostracon Pilsbry, 1900[3]
- Semiconchula Naranjo-García, Polaco & Pearce, 2000[3]
References
- ↑ Strebel & Pfeffer (1879). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna mexicanischer Land- und Süsswasser Conchylien, 4: 25.
- ↑ Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P.; Frýda J.; Hausdorf B.; Ponder W.; Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 2 3 Thompson F. G. & Naranjo-García E. (2012). "Echinichidae, a new family of dart-bearing helicoid slugs from Mexico, with the description of a new genus and three new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Xanthonychoidea)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 141(2): 197-208.doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/197-208. preview.
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