Odontostomidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

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  • Odontostominae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 superseded rank
  • Odontostomini Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = See text |display_parents = 3

Odontostomidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs belonging to the superfamily Rhytidoidea.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Main article: Bulimulidae#2005 taxonomy

This taxon was placed as the tribe Odontostomini, in the subfamily Bulimulinae, within the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

2010 taxonomy

Breure et al. (2010) elevated Odontostomini to Odontostomidae.

Genera

Genera in the family Odontostomidae include:

;Synonyms:

  • Macrodontes Swainson, 1840: synonym of Odontostomus H. Beck, 1837 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Macrodontopsis Thiele, 1931: synonym of Odontostomus H. Beck, 1837 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Pantagruelina Forcart, 1946: synonym of Burringtonia Parodiz, 1944 (junior objective synonym)

Description

Species in this genus have the aperture obstructed by internal lamellae, folds or teeth (rarely absent by degeneration); the base is perforate or has an umbilical suture; and the genitalia are extremely lengthened. Jaw either plaited or solid.

These genera are confined to South America east of the Andes, and with the exception of some species, south of the Amazon. That the whole series had its inception in a form in which the characteristic apertural teeth had already been developed, is demonstrated by the fact that these lamella and folds are clearly homologous throughout the species of the several genera.

References

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  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.

References

  1. Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". ''[[Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology]]'' '''141'''(1): 1-20. {{doi. 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
  2. {{Bouchet 2005
  3. Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". ''[[Basteria]]'' '''74'''(1-3): 25-31.
  4. [[Henry Augustus Pilsbry. Pilsbry H. A.]] 1901. in [[George Washington Tryon. Tryon G. W.]] & Pilsbry H. A. 1901-1902 - [https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo14tryorich ''Oriental Bulimoid Helicidae. Odontostominae. Cerionidae'' Volume 14]. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. page [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo14tryorich#page/24/mode/2up 24].

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