Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[3]
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Chondrinidae has no subfamilies.
2010 taxonomy
Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger (2010)[2] established a new subfamily to system of Chondrinidae:[2]
Genera
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Abida Turton, 1831
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Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828
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Granaria Held, 1838
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Graniberia E. Gittenberger, Kokshoorn, Bössneck, Reijnen & Groenenberg, 2016
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Granopupa Boettger, 1889
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Rupestrella Monterosato, 1894
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Solatopupa Pilsbry, 1917
- Synonyms
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Alloglossa Lindström, 1868: synonym of Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828 (objective junior synonym)
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Avenacea Fagot, 1891: synonym of Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828 (objective junior synonym)
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Modicella H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828
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Pupella Swainson, 1840: synonym of Granaria Held, 1838
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Sandahlia Westerlund, 1887: synonym of Abida W. Turton, 1831
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Stomodonta Mermet, 1843: synonym of Abida W. Turton, 1831
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Torquilla S. Studer, 1820: synonym of Abida W. Turton, 1831 (homonym; non Torquilla Brisson, 1760 [Aves])
References
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^ Kokshoorn B. (3 December 2008). "Resolving riddles and presenting new puzzles in Chondrinidae phylogenetics". Doctoral thesis, Leiden University, ISBN 978-90-71382-56-7. https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/13342?mode=more
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^ a b c Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 2539: 1-62. 22 plates. preview.
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^ 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.
