Acavidae
| Acavidae | |
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| A live individual ofHelicophanta gloriosa | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Informal group: | Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Acavoidea |
| Family: | Acavidae Pilsbry,1895 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Clavatoridae Thiele, 1926 | |
Acavidaeis ataxonomicfamilyof air-breathingland snails,terrestrialpulmonategastropodmolluscsin the superfamilyAcavoidea(according to thetaxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Anatomy
[edit]In this family, the number ofhaploidchromosomeslies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[1]
Genera
[edit]The family Acavidae has no subfamilies.
Genera in the family Acavidae include:[2]
- AcavusMontfort, 1810
- AmpelitaBeck, 1837
- EmbertoniphantaGroh & Poppe, 2002
- EurystylaAncey, 1887
- HelicophantaFérussac, 1821
- LeucotaeniusMartens, 1860
- OligospiraAncey, 1887
- †PebasiconchaWesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999- with the only species †Pebasiconcha immanisWesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999[3]
- StylodontaDe Cristofori & Jan, 1832
- Genera brought into synonymy
- AcavellaJousseaume, 1894:synonym ofOligospiraAncey, 1887
- ColumplicaW. Hartmann, 1843:synonym ofStylodontaDe Cristofori & Jan, 1832
- PoecilostylusPilsbry, 1890:synonym ofEurystylaAncey, 1887
- StylodonH. Beck, 1837:synonym ofStylodontaDe Cristofori & Jan, 1832
References
[edit]- ^Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land:Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology.in Barker G. M. (ed.):The biology of terrestrial molluscs.CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001,ISBN0-85199-318-4.1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
- ^http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidaecited 11 October 2008
- ^Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia".Scripta Geologica133:19-290. Figure 274. abstract,PDF
External links
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