Epirobiidae
Family of gastropods
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Epirobiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea.
Taxonomy
The American malacologist Fred G. Thompson established the family Epirobiidae in 2012 for five genera of snails (Epirobia, Propilsbrya, Pectinistemma, Gyrocion, Prionoloplax), which were previously placed within the family Urocoptidae.
Genera
Genera in the family Epirobiidae include:
- Epirobia Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus of the family Epirobiidae, 13 species
- Propilsbrya Bartsch, 1906 - two species
- Pectinistemma Rehder, 1940 - five species
- Gyrocion Pilsbry, 1904 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Gyrocion mirabilis (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Prionoloplax Pilsbry, 1953 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Prionoloplax odontoplax (Pilsbry, 1953)
References
References
- 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. [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/bulletin/vol51no3.pdf PDF].
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