| Urocoptidae | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Holospira elizabethae | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia | 
| Order: | Stylommatophora | 
| Superfamily: | Urocoptoidea | 
| Family: | Urocoptidae Pilsbry, 1898[1] (1868)  | 
Urocoptidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea.[2]
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
The family Urocoptidae was classified in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[3]
The family Urocoptidae consists of 7 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Urocoptinae Pilsbry, 1898 (1868) - synonym: Cylindrellidae Tryon, 1868
 - Apomatinae Paul, 1982
 - Brachypodellinae H. B. Baker, 1956
 - Eucalodiinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1873
 - Holospirinae Pilsbry, 1946
 - Microceraminae Pilsbry, 1904 - synonyms: Johaniceraminae Jaume & de la Torre, 1972; Macroceraminae Jaume & de la Torre, 1972
 - Tetrentodontinae Bartsch, 1943
 
2008 taxonomy
Uit de Weerd (2008)[2] moved the Urocoptidae to the newly established superfamily Urocoptoidea based on molecular phylogeny research.[2]
The following cladogram based on Bayesian analysis of sequences of 28S ribosomal RNA shows the phylogenic relations within the Urocoptoidea.[2] There are up to 2008 genetically analyzed species of Urocoptidae and one species of Cerionidae marked in khaki color in the cladogram.[2]
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2012 taxonomy
Fred G. Thompson established the family Epirobiidae in 2012 for five genera of snails (Epirobia, Propilsbrya, Pectinistemma, Gyrocion, Prionoloplax), that were previously placed within Urocoptidae.[4] Data from molecular phylogeny research as well as morphology supports monophyly of Holospiridae Pilsbry, 1946 and the Eucalodiidae Crosse & Fischer, 1868.[4]
Genera
Genera in the family Urocoptidae include:
Urocoptinae
- Autocoptis Pilsbry, 1902[2]
 - Brachypodella L. Pfeiffer, 1840 (as Cylindrella)
 - Urocoptis Beck, 1837 - type genus of the family Urocoptidae[3]
 
Apominae
Brachypodellinae
- Brachypodella Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Brachypodellinae[3]
 
Eucalodiinae
- Anisospira Strebel, 1880[2]
 - Archegocoptis Pilsbry, 1903[2]
 - †Condonella McLellan, 1927[5]
 - Dissotropis Bartsch, 1906[2]
 - Eucalodium Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 - type genus of the subfamily Eucalodiinae[3]
 
Holospirinae
- Coelostemma Dall, 1895[2]
 - Hendersoniella Dall, 1905[2]
 - Holospira Martens, 1860 - type genus of the subfamily Holospirinae[3]
 
Microceraminae
- Microceramus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 - type genus of the subfamily Microceraminae[3]
 - Macroceramus Guilding, 1828[2]
 
Tetrentodontinae
- Tetrentodon Pilsbry, 1903 - type genus of the subfamily Tetrentodontinae[3]
 - Torrecoptis Bartsch, 1943[2]
 
Other genera include:[6]
- Allocoptis Thompson & Franz, 1976
 - Amphicosmia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
 - Anoma
 - Arangia
 - Bactrocoptis
 - Badiofax
 - Bostrichocentrum
 - Bostrychocentrum
 - Callonia
 - Centralia
 - Cochlodinella
 - Coelocentrum
 - Geoscala
 - Gongylostoma
 - Gyraxis
 - Haplocion
 - Heterocoptis
 - Idiostemma
 - Liocallonia
 - Metastoma
 - Mychostoma
 - Nesocoptis
 - Nodulia
 - Oligostylus
 - Organocoptis
 - Pfeiffericoptis
 - Pineria
 - Pleurostemma
 - Poeycoptis
 - Pseudopineria
 - Pycnoptychia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
 - Sagracoptis
 - Spiroceramus
 - Spirostemma
 - Strophina
 - Tomelasmus
 - Trilamellaxis
 - Uncinicoptis
 
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1898). The Nautilus 11(9): 107.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Uit De Weerd, D. R. (2008). "Delimitation and phylogenetics of the diverse land-snail family Urocoptidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) based on 28S rRNA sequence data: A reunion with Cerion". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 74 (4): 317–29. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn023.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
 - 1 2 Thompson F. G. (2012). "The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51: 167-215. PDF.
 - ↑ Roth, B. (2000). "Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) land snails (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) from Washington and California". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (3): 373–381. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.3.373.
 - ↑ http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Urocoptidae
 
Further reading
- Bartsch, P. (1943). "Notes on Mexican Urocoptid mollusks". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 33 (2): 54–59.; 7 figs.
 - Carlos de la Torre. 1912. New Cuban Urocoptis of the U. cinerea group. The Nautilus, volume 26, number 4, pages 55-58, plate 6.
 - Kabat A. R., Herschler R. & González G. A. (2012). "Resolution of taxonomic problems associated with the complex publication history of the seminal Torre and Bartsch monograph on Cuban Urocoptidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 3362: 43–53. PDF.
 - Pilsbry H. A. & Henderson J. B. jr. (February 1913). Two new Cuban Urocoptidae. The Nautilus, volume 26, number 10, pages 109-110.
 - (in Spanish) Miguel L. Jaume & Alfredo de la Torre. 1976. Los Urocoptidae de Cuba (Mollusca-Pulmonata). Série 4: Ciencias biologicas; no. 53. La Habana, Cuba: Centro de Información Cientifica y Tecnica, 122 pp.
 - Mesa Garcia, R; Jaume, ML (1982). "Zoogeography, ecology, and protection of the Urocoptidae family in Cuba (Gastropoda-Pulmonata). II". Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical. 34 (2): 172–92. PMID 6763741.
 - Richardson C. L. 1991. Urocoptidae: catalogue of species. Tryonia 22: 1–245.
 - Tryon G. W. (1903) Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 15. Urocoptidae. Continued by H. A. Pilsbry.
 
