Orculidae
Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.
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| Orcula dolium | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra |
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| Family: | Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918 |
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Taxonomy
The family Orculidae contains two subfamilies (according to Hausdorf 1996[1] and the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Odontocycladinae Hausdorf, 1996
- Orculinae Pilsbry, 1918 - synonyms: Pagodininae Pilsbry, 1918 (inv.); Pagodulininae Pilsbry, 1924
Genera
Genera within the family Orculidae include:[1]
- Odontocycladinae Hausdorf, 1996
- Odontocyclas Schlüter, 1838
- Walklea Gittenberger, 1978
- Orculinae Pilsbry, 1918
- Alvariella Hausdorf 1996
- Orcula Held, 1838
- Orculella Steenberger, 1925
- Pagodulina Clessin, 1876
- Pilorcula Germain, 1912
- Schileykula Gittenberger, 1983
- Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837
References
- Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 125 (1/2): 1-86.
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