Ferussaciidae
Family of gastropods
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::summary Family of gastropods ::
| taxon = Ferussaciidae | fossil_range= | image = Cecilioides acicula.jpg | image_caption = Two fresh shells of Cecilioides acicula, scale bar in mm | authority = Bourguignat, 1883 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =
- Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864
- Ferrussacidae Bourguignat, 1883 (incorrect original spelling)
- Ferrussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883 (incorrect spelling)
Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.
This family has no subfamilies. The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864. However, the latter has been declared as a nomen oblitum because it had not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a nomen protectum.
Distribution
The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas, Hawaii and tropical Asia.
Fossil record
Cecilioides sommeri is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin).
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Genera
Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include: (The following unreferenced, unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))
- Amphorella Lowe, 1852
- Calaxis Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887
- Cecilioides Férussac, 1814
- [[File:Sketches of Ferussaciidae Specimens.png|thumb|Several members of the family Ferussaciidae. Sketches from 1856.]]Coilostele Benson, 1864
- Conollya Odhner, 1932
- Cylichnidia R. T. Lowe, 1852
- Digoniaxis Jousseaume, 1889
- Ferussacia Risso, 1826 - type genus of the family Ferussaciidae
- Geostilbia Crosse, 1867
- Hohenwartiana Bourguignat, 1864
- Karolus Folin, 1870
- Pseudocalaxis Pallary, 1912
- Sculptiferussacia Germain, 1911
References
References
- Bourguignat J. R. (1883). ''Historie malacologique de l'Abyssinie''. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 6, 15 (Art. 2): 120.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413333 on 2020-05-02
- {{Bouchet 2005
- [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/family?id=39 "Family summary for Ferussaciidae"]. [[AnimalBase]], last modified 16 August 2007, accessed 7 April 2011.
- (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia.
- 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
- [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/genera?family=39 "Genera in family Ferussaciidae"] (n = 8). AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2011.
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