Cochlicopidae

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Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopa lubrica 2.png
a live Cochlicopa lubrica
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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Cochlicopidae

Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)

Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[1]

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • subfamily Cochlicopinae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) - synonyms: Cionellidae L. Pfeiffer, 1879; Zuidae Bourguignat, 1884
  • subfamily Azecinae Watson, 1920 - synonym: Cryptazecinae Schileyko, 1999

Genera

The family Cochlicopidae includes the following genera:

subfamily Cochlicopinae

subfamily Azecinae

References

  1. ^ 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, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  2. ^ "Cochlicopa A. Ferussac 1821". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Hypnophila Bourguignat 1858". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.

External links

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