Sphincterochilidae

Sphincterochilidae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent
A live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima
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: Sphincterochilidae
Zilch, 1960 (1910)[1]

Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]

In the fossil record, Sphincterochilidae are known from the upper Eocene to the Holocene.[3]

Distribution

The distribution of Sphincterochilidae includes the western-Palearctic zone.[4]

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):[2]

  • subfamily Sphincterochilinae Zilch, 1960 (1910) - synonyms: Calcarinidae Pallary, 1909[5] (inv.); Albeidae Pallary, 1910.[6] Sphincterochilidae is a conserved name to take the priority of Leucochroidae Westerlund, 1886.[7][2][8]
  • subfamily † Pseudoleptaxinae H. Nordsieck, 1986[9]

Genera

Genera within the family Sphincterochilidae include:

Sphincterochilinae

† Pseudoleptaxinae

  • † Pseudoleptaxis Pilsbry, 1895[10] - type genus o the subfamily Pseudoleptaxinae[2]

Ecology

Sphincterochilidae land snails are xerothermophilous, i.e. they are well adapted to hot dry places.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Zilch A. M. (1960). Handbuch der Paläozoologie 6(4): 601-835. page 663.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 "Family summary for Sphincterochilidae". AnimalBase, last modified 27 August 2005, accessed 10 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
  5. ↑ Pallary P. M. (1909). "Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'Egypte". Mémoires présentés à l'Institut Égyptien 6(1): 1-92, plates 1-5. page 12.
  6. ↑ Pallary P. M. (1910). "Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'Egypte. Additions et corrections". Mémoires présentés à l'Institut Égyptien 6(2): 177-182. page 178.
  7. ↑ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J. P. (2004). "Thebini Wenz, 1923, Monachainae Wenz, 1930 (1904), and Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1910): proposed conservation (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61(3): 154-161.
  8. ↑ ICZN (2006). "OPINION 2135 (Case 3261) THEBINI Wenz, 1923, MONACHAINAE/MONACHAINI Wenz, 1930 (1904), and SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE Zilch, 1960 (1910) (Mollusca, Gastropoda): conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63(1): 56-58. abstract.
  9. ↑ Nordsieck H. (1986). "Das System der tertiären Helicoidea Mittel- und Westeuropas (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Heldia 1(4): 109-120, plates 15-17. page 116.
  10. ↑ Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1894). Manual of Conchology (2)9: 294.
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