Valloniidae

Valloniidae
A live individual of Vallonia pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Valloniidae
Morse, 1864
Synonyms[1]
  • Circinariidae Pilsbry, 1896
  • Acanthinulinae Steenberg, 1917
  • Pupisomatidae Iredale, 1940
Four shells of Acanthinula aculeata

Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.[2]

Chromosome number

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[3]

Taxonomy

The family Valloniidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Valloniidae include:

Subfamily Acanthinulinae Steenberg, 1917
Subfamily Valloniinae Morse, 1864

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Valloniidae Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593139 on 2020-08-24
  3. ^ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.