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Trochomorphidae

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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[3][2]

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This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Distribution

The distribution of Trochomorphidae includes eastern-Palearctic, India, south-eastern Asia, Australia and Polynesia.[4]

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[5]

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:[4]

limacoid clade
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References

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