Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Taxonomy
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- subfamily Cochlicopinae <small>Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)</small> - synonyms: Cionellidae <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1879</small>; Zuidae <small>Bourguignat, 1884</small>
- subfamily Azecinae <small>Watson, 1920</small> - synonym: Cryptazecinae <small>Schileyko, 1999</small>
Genera
The family Cochlicopidae includes the following genera:
subfamily Cochlicopinae
- Cochlicopa <small>Férussac, 1821</small> - synonym: Cionella <small>Jeffreys, 1830</small>
subfamily Azecinae
- Azeca <small>Fleming, 1828</small>
- Cryptazeca <small>Folin & Bérillon, 1877</small>
- Hypnophila <small>Bourguignat, 1858</small>
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