Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.
Distribution
The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.[2]
Taxonomy
The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Subfamily Oxychilinae Hesse, 1927 (1879) - synonyms: Helicellinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (inv.); Hyalininae Clessin, 1876 (inv.); Hyaliniinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879; Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
- Subfamily Daudebardiinae Kobelt, 1906
- Subfamily Godwiniinae Cooke, 1921
Genera
Genera within the Oxychilidae include:
subfamily Oxychilinae
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Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833[3]
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Allogenes Gude, 1911
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Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977
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Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914
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Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879
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Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966
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Eopolita Pollonera, 1916
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Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889
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Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998
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Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
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Morlina A. J. Wagner 1914[3] - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
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Nastia Riedel, 1989
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Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833
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Pseudopolita Germain, 1908
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Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914
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Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963
subfamily Daudebardiinae
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families within the limacoid clade:[2]
limacoid clade Staffordioidea Staffordiidae
Dyakioidea Dyakiidae
Gastrodontoidea Pristilomatidae
Chronidae
Euconulidae
Trochomorphidae
Gastrodontidae
Oxychilidae
Parmacelloidea Trigonochlamydidae
Parmacellidae
Milacidae
Zonitoidea Zonitidae
Helicarionoidea Helicarionidae
Ariophantidae
Urocyclidae
Limacoidea Vitrinidae
Boettgerillidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
References
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^ Hesse P. (1927). Unsere Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken, 3rd ed.: 47.
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^ a b Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
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^ a b c Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. (2001). Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe. München: Friedrich-Held-Gesellschaft, 267 pp.
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^ a b c d "Oxychilus". Molluscs of central Europe, accessed 4 September 2010.
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^ a b "Daudebardiidae". Molluscs of central Europe, accessed 4 September 2010.
