Oleacinidae
Family of gastropods
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::summary Family of gastropods ::
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Oleacinidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
The family Oleacinidae is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Oleacinidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Oleacininae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - synonyms: Polyphemidae Gistel, 1868 (inv.); Glandinidae Bourguignat, 1877; Streptostylini H. B. Baker, 1941
- Euglandininae H. B. Baker, 1941
- Varicellinae H. B. Baker, 1941
2010 taxonomy
Thompson (2010){{Cite journal | last1 = Thompson | first1 = F. G. | title = Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae) | journal = Revista de Biología Tropical | volume = 58 | issue = 1 | pages = 195–202 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20411717 | doi=10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204 | url = https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/download/5204/5004 | doi-access = free
Genera
Genera in the family Oleacinidae include:
subfamily Oleacininae
- Oleacina Röding, 1798 - type genus of the family Oleacinidae
- Palaeoglandina Wenz, 1914
- Pseudoleacina Wenz, 1914
subfamily Varicellinae
- Varicella L. Pfeiffer, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily Varicellinae
- Glandinella L. Pfeiffer, 1878
- Laevaricella Pilsbry, 1907
- Melaniella L. Pfeiffer, 1857
- Sigmataxis Pilsbry, 1907
References
References
- [[Henry Adams (zoologist). Adams H.]] & [[Arthur Adams (zoologist). Adams A.]] (1855). ''The genera of Recent Mollusca'' '''2''': 103.
- 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
- {{Bouchet 2005
- Baker H. B. (1941). ''The Nautilus'' '''55'''(2): 54.
- Baker H. B. (1941). ''The Nautilus'' '''55'''(2): 52.
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