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Oxychilidae

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Oxychilidae
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Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

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Distribution

The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.[3]

Taxonomy

The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • Subfamily Oxychilinae Hesse, 1927 (1879) - synonyms: Helicellinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (inv.); Hyalininae Clessin, 1876 (inv.); Hyaliniinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879; Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
  • Subfamily Daudebardiinae Kobelt, 1906
  • Subfamily Godwiniinae Cooke, 1921
  • Subfamily Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
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Genera

Genera within the Oxychilidae include:

Subfamily Oxychilinae

  • Allogenes Gude, 1911
  • Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977
  • Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914
  • Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879
  • Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966
  • Eopolita Pollonera, 1916
  • Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889
  • Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998
  • Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
  • Morlina A. J. Wagner 1914[5] - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
  • Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833[5]
  • Pseudopolita Germain, 1908
  • Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963

Subfamily Daudebardiinae

Subfamily Nastiinae

  • Nastia Riedel, 1989
  • Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914

Subfamily incertae sedis

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families within the limacoid clade:[3]

limacoid clade
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References

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