Orthalicidae
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| Family: | Orthalicidae Albers, 1860
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Orthalicidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in clade Stylommatophora.
These are medium to large snails, from about 3 cm (about 1.2 inches) to 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) in shell length.
Taxonomy
The Orthalicidae family is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It comprises three subfamilies :
- subfamily Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873
- subfamily Bulimulinae Tryon, 1867
- tribe Bulimulini Tryon, 1867
- tribe Odontostomini Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
- tribe Simpulopsini Schileyko, 1999
- subfamily Orthalicinae Albers, 1850
The subfamily Bulimulinae replaces the former family Bulimulidae Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873
Genera within the family Orthalicidae
References
- ^ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 54.
- ^ Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.