Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata.
Distribution
Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.
Genera
Genera within the family Chronidae include:
- Antinous <small>Robson, 1914</small>
- Atrichoconcha <small>Bartsch, 1942</small>
- Bekkochlamys <small>Habe, 1958</small>
- Ceratochlamys <small>Habe, 1946</small>
- Chronos <small>Robson, 1914</small> - type * of the family Chronidae
- Danjochlamys <small>Y. Azuma & M. Azuma, 1993</small>
- Exrhysota <small>H. B. Baker, 1941</small>
- Gastrodontella <small>Möllendorff, 1901</small>
- Glyptobensonia <small>Möllendorff, 1894</small>
- Hemiglypta <small>Möllendorff, 1893</small>
- Hemiglyptopsis <small>Thiele, 1931</small>
- Hemitrichiella <small>Zilch, 1956</small>
- Japanochlamys <small>Habe, 1946</small>
- Kaliella <small>W. T. Blanford, 1863</small>
- Lamarckiella <small>Möllendorff, 1898</small>
- Lepidotrichia <small>Bartsch, 1942</small>
- Macroceras <small>C. Semper, 1870</small>
- Nesokaliella <small>Gerlach, 1998</small> - endemic to the Seychelles
- Nipponochlamys <small>Habe, 1945</small>
- Otesiopsis <small>Habe, 1946</small>
- Parakaliella <small>Habe, 1946</small>
- Pararyssota <small>Bartsch, 1938</small>
- Platymma <small>Tomlin, 1938</small>
- Ponapea <small>H. B. Baker, 1941</small>
- Pseudhelicarion <small>Möllendorff, 1894</small>
- Pseudokaliella <small>Godwin-Austen, 1910</small>
- Ryssota <small>Albers, 1850</small>
- Striokaliella <small>Thiele, 1931</small>
- Takemasaia <small>Azuma & Minato, 1976</small>
- Trichobensonia <small>Möllendorff, 1902</small>
- Trochochlamys <small>Habe, 1946</small>
- Trukrhysa <small>H. B. Baker, 1941</small>
- Vitrinoidea <small>C. Semper, 1873</small>
- Vitrinopsis <small>C. Semper, 1873</small>
- Yamatochlamys <small>Habe, 1945</small>
Synonyms:
- Hemitrichia <small>Möllendorff, 1888</small>: synonym of Hemitrichiella <small>Zilch, 1956</small> (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia <small>Rostafinski, 1873</small> [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)
- Rhysota <small>Martens, 1860</small>: synonym of Ryssota <small>Albers, 1850</small> (unjustified emendation of the original name)
- Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota <small>Albers, 1850</small> (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:
References
- 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.
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