Buliminusinae
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Buliminus labrosus |
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| Kobelt , 1880 |
The Buliminusinae ( Syn .: Buliminidae ) are a small subfamily of land-living snails from the suborder of the land snails (Stylommatophora). About 30 species have been described to date.
features
The right-handed, rarely left-handed cases are highly conical with a truncated or more pointed apex. They have about six to over ten coils in the adult stage. The size (height) ranges from about 1 cm to about 4 cm. The surface is mostly smooth, more rarely covered with tubercles . The mouth is egg-shaped, pointed at the top. The mouth edge is usually turned more or less broadly, rarely also sharp. In the male part of the genital apparatus, the epiphallus shows a long flagellum , a blind sac on the epiphallus is missing. The penis has longitudinal folds internally and the posterior (proximal) part is swollen. There is a penial appendix; a diverticulum on the pedicel of the spermathec may or may not be present.
Geographical distribution, occurrence and way of life
The types of the subfamily live in North Africa , on the Crimean peninsula and in Western Asia ( Asia Minor , Middle East , Arabian Peninsula , Northern Iran and Transcaucasia ). The animals occur in stony, dry and warm habitats .
Systematics
The nomenclature of this subfamily is very confusing. In 1880 Wilhelm Kobelt proposed a family based on the genus Buliminus . The resulting family name Buliminidae is already taken for a family of Foraminifera . The genus name is still valid, however, because the family name Buliminidae (Foraminifera) is based on the genus Bulimina . Hence the name Enidae B. B. Woodward , 1903, came into use for these families today. However, the genus Buliminus Beck, 1837 is so different from Ena that it can be separated from the Eninae at the subfamily level. However, this did not solve the problem of homonymy with the foraminifera family, because every family name is also available as a subfamily name. Therefore, the Zoological Nomenclature Commission decided that the emended name Buliminusidae is available. However, it should not take precedence over Enidae in order not to endanger the stability of the nomenclature for the family. But it can be used for a subfamily within the Enidae. Regardless of the decision of the commission, Schileyko (1998) emended Buliminidae to Buliminuinae, which he used as a subfamily name within the Enidae. According to Schileyko (1998) the subfamily Buliminusinae contains the following genera:
- Subfamily Buliminusinae Kobelt, 1880
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Opinion 2018 (Case 3192). Buliminidae Kobelt, 1880 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): spelling emended to Buliminusidae, so removing the homonymy with Buliminidae Jones, 1875 (Rhizopoda, Foraminifera); and Enidae Woodward, 1903 (1880) (Gastropoda): given precedence over Buliminusidae Kobelt, 1880. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 60 (1): 63-65, London 2003.
literature
- Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi: Part 2. Working classification of the Gastropoda . Malacologia, 47: 239-283, Ann Arbor 2005 ISSN 0076-2997
- Anatolij A. Schileyko: Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. Ruthenica, Supplement 2 (2): 129-261, Moscow 1998 ISSN 0136-0027