In this family, the number of haploidchromosomes is between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[4]
The family also includes the only known terrestrial gastropods to emit light.[5][6]
The Digestive system characteristics are as follows. The buccal mass is small. The jaw is smooth. The stomach is very simple with weak muscles (as is the case in the majority of land snails).[4] (These anatomical characteristics also include the family Staffordiidae which was considered part of the Dyakiidae at the time the study was done).
Genera
The family Dyakiidae includes the following genera, with a steadily increasing number of described species (71 species until 2007[7] + 11 new species in 2009[8]):
^ abBarker G. M. (2001) Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. 1-146. In: Barker G. M. (ed.) (2001) The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, cited pages: 139-144. ISBN0-85199-318-4.
^Isobe, M.; Uyakul, D.; Goto, T.; Counsilman, J. J. (1988). "Dyakia bioluminescence—1. Bioluminescence and fluorescence spectra of the land snail, D. Striata". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 2 (2): 73–79. doi:10.1002/bio.1170020204. PMID3213594..
Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309-1466.
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