Enidae

Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 25 (according to the values in this table).

Taxonomy

1998 taxonomy

The following subfamilies of Enidae are based on work by Schileyko (1998) and they are in use mainly by Russian malacologists:

• subfamily Pseudonapaeinae
• subfamily Chondrulopsininae
• subfamily Merdigerinae
• subfamily Buliminusinae
• subfamily Andronakiinae
• subfamily Retowskiinae
• subfamily Eninae - including Chondrula
• subfamily Multidentulini

2005 taxonomy

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

• subfamily Eninae B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880) tribus Enini B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880) - synonyms: Napaeinae A. J. Wagner, 1928; Jaminiinae Thiele, 1931; Pseudonapaeinae Schileyko, 1978; Retowskiinae Schileyko, 1978; Andronakiinae Schileyko, 1998 tribus Chondrulini Wenz, 1923 tribus Multidentulini Schileyko, 1978 - synonyms: Chondrulopsininae Schileyko, 1978; Merdigerinae Schileyko, 1984; Euchondrinae Schileyko, 1998
• subfamily Buliminusinae Kobelt, 1880 - synonym Buliminidae Pfeiffer, 1879

Genera

Genera within the family Enidae include:

subfamilia Eninae

• Boninena Habe, 1956

either in Enini or in Chondrulini[clarification needed]

• Brephulopsis Lindholm, 1925
• Caucasicola Hesse, 1917
• Chondrus Cuvier, 1817
• Georginapaeus Schileyko, 1988
• Peristoma Krynicki, 1833
• Ramusculus Lindholm, 1925
• Thoanteus Lindholm, 1925
• tribus Enini Akramowskiella Schileyko, 1984 Andronakia Lindholm, 1914 Apoecus Möllendorff, 1902 Ayna Páll-Gergely, 2009 Clausilioides Lindholm, 1925 Differena Schileyko, 1984 Ena Turton, 1831 - type genus of the family Enidae Geminula Lindholm, 1925 Imparietula Lindholm, 1925 Jaminia Risso, 1826 Laevozebrinus Lindholm, 1925 Ljudmilena Schileyko, 1984 Mastoides Westerlund, 1896 Megalena Hausdorf, 1999 There is only one species Megalena crassa (Retowski, 1887) in the genus Megalena. Mirus Albers, 1850 Napaeus Albers, 1850 Napaeopsis Sturany & Wagner, 1914 Ottorosenia Muratov, 1992 Petraeomastus Möllendorff, 1901 Pseudochondrula Hesse, 1933 Pseudonapaeus Westerlund, 1887 Retowskia O. Boettger, 1881 Subzebrinus Westerlund, 1887 Turanena Lindholm, 1922
• tribus Chondrulini Chondrula Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Chondrulini Leucomastus Wagner, 1928 Mastus Beck, 1837 Meijeriella Bank, 1985 Rhabdoena Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1902 Zebrina Held, 1837
• tribus Multidentulini Chondrulopsina Lindholm, 1925 Euchondrus Boettger, 1883 Improvisa Schileyko, 1978 Multidentula Lindholm, 1925 Merdigera Held, 1837 Pentadentula Suvorov, 2006 Senaridenta Schileyko, 1978 Siraphoroides Schileyko, 1977

subfamily Buliminusinae

• Buliminus Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Buliminusinae
• Cyrenaeus Heller, 1971
• Mordania Bank & Neubert, 1998
• Paramastus Hesse, 1933
• Pene Pallary, 1929

subfamily ?

• † Balearena Altaba, 2007 - type species † Balearena gymnesica Altaba, 2007
• Luchuena Habe, 1956

External links

• Media related to Enidae at Wikimedia Commons