Pomatiidae
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The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae.
This family is a lineage closely related to the Littorinidae (periwinkles) common in coastal habitat. They have adapted to terrestrial life and are thus sometimes called "land winkles".
They are defined by a chalky operculum at the rear end of the body, the shape of their thick shell and their mouth and a characteristic spiral sculpture. The sexes are separate and can sometimes be recognised because the female shell is slightly larger than the male shell.
Taxonomy
According to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), the family Pomatiidae consisted of two subfamilies:
- subfamily Pomatiinae Newton, 1891 (1828) - synonyms: Cyclostomatidae Menke, 1828; Cyclotopsinae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898; Ericiidae Wenz, 1915
- subfamily Annulariinae Henderson & Bartsch, 1941, 1920: this subfamily has been raised to the rank of family Annulariidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Pomatiidae include:
- † Anapomatias Hrubesch, 1965
- † Bauxia Caziot, 1891
- † Bembridgia P. Fischer, 1885
- Bermudezia Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Chondrothyrella Torre and Bartsch, 1938
- Cinnabarica Neubert, 2009
- Clatripoma Neubert, 2009
- Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1899
- Cyclotopsis Blanford, 1864
- Dioscopoma Neubert, 2009
- † Dissostoma Cossmann, 1888
- Ericia Partiot, 1848: synonym of Pomatias S. Studer, 1789
- Georgia Bourguignat, 1882: synonym of Socotora Pallary, 1925
- Guillainia Crosse, 1884
- Leonia Gray, 1850
- Lithidion Gray, 1850
- † Omanitopsis Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2016
- † Palaeocyclotus P. Fischer, 1885
- Platypoma Neubert, 2009
- Pomatias Studer, 1789 - type genus of the family Pomatiidae
- † Procyclotopsis Wenz, 1924
- Rochebrunia Bourguignat, 1881
- Socotora Pallary, 1925
- Tropidophora Troschel, 1847
- Tudorella Fischer, 1885
Further reading
- Bartsch P. (1946). "The operculate land mollusks of the family Annulariidae of the Island of Hispaniola and the Bahama Archipelago". United States National Museum Bulletin No. 192, 264 pp., 38 pls.
- Pfenninger, M.; Véla, E.; Jesse, R.; Elejalde, M. A.; Liberto, F.; Magnin, F. D. R.; Martínez-Ortí, A. (2010). "Temporal speciation pattern in the western Mediterranean genus Tudorella P. Fischer, 1885 (Gastropoda, Pomatiidae) supports the Tyrrhenian vicariance hypothesis". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54 (2): 427–436. doi:. PMID .
- Watters G. T. (2006). The Caribbean Land Snail Family Annulariidae: A revision of the higher taxa and a catalog of the species. 1-557, figs 1-10, map 1-56, Appendix A: 1-3. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
External links
- Data related to Pomatiidae at Wikispecies
- Media related to Pomatiidae at Wikimedia Commons