Acavidae
A live individual of Helicophanta gloriosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Acavidae
Pilsbry, 1895
Genera

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Synonyms

Clavatoridae Thiele, 1926

Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[1]

Genera

The family Acavidae has no subfamilies.

Genera in the family Acavidae include:[2]

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Acavella Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of Oligospira Ancey, 1887
  • Columplica W. Hartmann, 1843: synonym of Stylodonta De Cristofori & Jan, 1832
  • Poecilostylus Pilsbry, 1890: synonym of Eurystyla Ancey, 1887
  • Stylodon H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Stylodonta De Cristofori & Jan, 1832

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. http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008
  3. Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 133: 19-290. Figure 274. abstract, PDF
  • Media related to Acavidae at Wikimedia Commons


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