Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of the Gastrodontidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical and Hawaii. There are some representatives in Bermuda and Madeira.
Anatomy
Some snail species in this family use love darts made of cartilage.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Genera
Genera within the family include:
- Aegopinella <small>Lindholm, 1927</small>
- â Archaegopis <small>Wenz in K. Fischer & Wenz, 1914</small>
- Atlantica <small>Ancey, 1887</small>
- Gastrodonta <small>Albers, 1850</small>
- Glyphyalinia <small>E. von Martens, 1892</small>
- Godwinia <small>Sykes, 1900</small>
- Janulus <small>Lowe, 1852</small>
- Janulus bifrons <small>(R. T. Lowe, 1831)</small>
- Janulus pompylius <small>(Shuttleworth, 1852)</small>
- Janulus stephanophorus <small>(Deshayes, 1850)</small>
- Mesomphix <small>Rafinesque, 1819</small>
- Nesovitrea <small>C. M. Cooke, 1921</small>
- Patulopsis <small>Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879</small>
- Perpolita <small>H. B. Baker, 1928</small>
- Poecilozonites <small>O. Boettger, 1884</small> - Bermuda land snail
- Pseudohyalina <small>Morse, 1864</small>
- Retinella <small>P. Fischer, 1877</small>
- Striatura E. S. Morse, 1864
- Striatura milium <small>(Whittemore, 1859)</small>
- Striaturops <small>Baker, 1928</small>
- Ventridens <small>W. G. Binney & Bland, 1869</small>
- â Vermetujanulus <small>Walther & Groh, 2020</small>
- Vermetum <small>Wollaston, 1878</small>
- Vitrinizonites <small>W.G. Binney, 1879</small>
- Zonitoides <small>Lehmann, 1862</small>
Synonyms:
- Aegopina <small>Kobelt, 1879</small>: synonym of Retinella <small>P. Fischer, 1877</small>
- Alienitor <small>Iredale, 1937</small>: synonym of Zonitoides <small>Lehmann, 1862</small> (junior synonym)
- Bermudia <small>Ancey, 1887</small>: synonym of Poecilozonites <small>O. Boettger, 1884</small>
- Edusa <small>Albers, 1860</small>: synonym of Mesomphix (Moreletia) <small>Gray, 1855</small> represented as Mesomphix <small>Rafinesque, 1819</small>
- Glyphognomon <small>H. B. Baker, 1930</small>: synonym of Glyphyalinia <small>E. von Martens, 1892</small>
- Glyphyaloides <small>H. B. Baker, 1930</small>: synonym of Glyphyalus <small>H. B. Baker, 1928</small>
- Juno <small>Mazyck, 1889</small>: synonym of Poecilozonites <small>O. Boettger, 1884</small>
- Namoitena <small>Iredale, 1933</small>: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) <small>Rafinesque, 1831</small> represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
- Omphalina <small>Rafinesque, 1831</small>: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix <small>Rafinesque, 1819</small> (original rank)
- Politenella <small>Balashov, 2016</small>: synonym of Aegopinella <small>Lindholm, 1927</small>
- Pseudohyalinia [sic]: synonym of Pseudohyalina <small>E. S. Morse, 1864</small> (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Zonitellus <small>H. B. Baker, 1928</small>: synonym of Zonitoides <small>Lehmann, 1862</small>
Cladogram
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of families in the limacoid clade:
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