Trochomorphidae
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Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily Trochomorphoidea
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of Trochomorphidae includes eastern-Palearctic, India, south-eastern Asia, Australia and Polynesia.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Genera
Genera within the family Trochomorphidae include:
- Benthemia Forcart, 1964
- Brazieria Ancey, 1887
- Calostropha Ancey, 1887
- Coxia Ancey, 1887
- Dendrotrochus Pilsbry, 1894
- Entomostoma H. B. Baker, 1941
- Eurybasis Gude, 1913
- Foxidonta Clench, 1950
- Geodiscus Iredale, 1941
- Geotrochus van Hasselt, 1823
- Hogolua Baker, 1941
- Kondoa Baker, 1941
- Liravidena Solem, 1959
- Orpiella L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855
- Peleliua H. B. Baker, 1941
- Probrazieria H. B. Baker, 1941
- Tegumen Gude, 1913
- Theskelomensor Iredale, 1933
- Trochomorpha Albers, 1850 - type genus of the family Trochomorphidae
- Trochositala Schileyko, 2002
- Videna A. Adams 1858
- Videnoida Minato, 1988
- Vitrinoconus C. Semper, 1873
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:
Further reading
- Baker (1941). Bulletin of the Bishop Museum 116: 273.
- Gude G. K. (1914). .The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London, xii + 520 pp., 164 figs.
- Vagvolvyi J. (1976). "Body size, aerial dispersal and origin of the Pacific land snail fauna". Syst. Zool 24: 465-488.