Thysanophoridae

Thysanophoridae
Three views of a shell of Microphysula cookei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Thysanophoridae Pilsbry, 1926[1]
Genera
See text

Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

These are common woodland snails of North America. They also occur in a few recorded spots in South America.

This family is defined by the absence of both a diverticulum and a stimulatory organ.

Subfamilies

There are no subfamilies in Thysanophoridae.

Genera

Genera within the family Thysanophoridae include:

• Hojeda H. B. Baker, 1926
• Itzamna (unconfirmed)
• Lyroconus (unconfirmed)
• Mcleania (unconfirmed)
• Microconus (unconfirmed)
• Microphysula Cockerell, 1926 - Spruce snails
• Miroconus (unconfirmed)
• Pulchriconus (unconfirmed)
• Setidiscus (unconfirmed)
• Suavitas (unconfirmed)
• Thysanophora Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus

References

1. Pilsbry H. A. 1926 (5 August). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 78: 57-126, plates 9-10, Thysanophoridae at p. 107.