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Hygromiidae

Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.

Anatomy

Some snails in genera within this family create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).

Taxonomy

The family Hygromiidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • subfamily Hygromiinae Tryon, 1866
  • tribe Hygromiini Tryon, 1866 - synonym: Cernuellini Schileyko, 1991
  • subfamily Leptaxinae C.R. Boettger, 1909
  • tribe Leptaxini C.R. Boettger, 1909
  • subfamily Metafruticicolinae Schileyko, 1972
  • subfamily Ponentininae Schileyko, 1991
  • subfamily Trochulinae Lindholm, 1927
  • tribe Archaicini Schileyko, 1978
  • tribe Ciliellini Schileyko, 1970
  • tribe Halolimnohelicini H. Nordsieck, 1986
  • tribe Monachaini Wenz, 1930 (1904)
  • tribe Trochulini Lindholm, 1927

Genera

Genera with the family Hygromiidae include:

The type genus of this family is Hygromia Risso, 1826.

Not belonging to a subfamily:
subfamily Hygromiinae <small>Tryon, 1866</small>
  • tribe Hygromiini <small>Tryon, 1866</small>
  • Hygromia <small>Risso, 1826</small>
  • Zenobiellina <small>Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2018</small>
  • tribe Perforatellini <small>Neiber, Razkin & Hausdorf, 2017</small>
  • Chilanodon <small>Westerlund, 1897</small>
  • Kovacsia <small>H. Nordsieck, 1993</small>
  • Lindholmomneme <small>F. Haas, 1936</small>
  • Lozekia <small>Hudec, 1970</small>
  • Monachoides <small>Gude & B. B. Woodward, 1921</small>
  • Noneulota <small>Schileyko & Horsák, 2007</small>
  • Perforatella <small>Schlüter, 1838</small>
  • Pseudotrichia <small>Schileyko, 1970</small>
  • Stygius <small>Schileyko, 1970</small>
  • tribe incerta
subfamily Leptaxinae <small>C.R. Boettger, 1909</small>
  • Tribe Cryptosaccini <small>Neiber, Razkin & Hausdorf, 2017</small>
  • Cryptosaccus <small>Prieto & Puente, 1994</small>
  • Fractanella <small>Caro & Madeira, 2019</small>
  • Mengoana <small>Ortiz de Zárate López, 1951</small>
  • Pyrenaearia <small>P. Hesse, 1921</small>
  • Tribe Leptaxini C.R. Boettger, 1909
  • Leptaxis <small>R. T. Lowe, 1852</small>
  • Portugala <small>E. Gittenberger, 1980</small>
subfamily Metafruticicolinae <small>Schileyko, 1972</small>
subfamily Trochulinae <small>Lindholm, 1927</small>
  • Tribe Ashfordiini <small>Neiber, Razkin & Hausdorf, 2017</small>
  • Ashfordia <small>J. W. Taylor, 1917</small>
  • Tribe Ciliellini <small>Schileyko, 1970</small>
  • Ciliella <small>Mousson, 1872</small>
  • Ciliellopsis <small>Giusti & Manganelli, 1990</small>
  • tribe Ganulini <small>Neiber, Razkin & Hausdorf, 2017</small>
  • Ganula <small>E. Gittenberger, 1970</small>
  • Ichnusotricha <small>Giusti & Manganelli, 1987</small>
  • Nienhuisiella <small>Giusti & Manganelli, 1987</small>
  • tribe Trochulini <small>Lindholm, 1927</small>
  • Edentiella <small>Poliński, 1929</small>
  • Noricella <small>Neiber, Razkin & Hausdorf, 2017</small>
  • Petasina <small>H. Beck, 1847</small>
  • Raeticella <small>Kneubühler, Baggenstos & Neubert, 2022</small>
  • Trochulus <small>Chemnitz, 1786</small> - synonym: Trichia

Synonyms

  • Kokotschashvilia Hudec & Lezhawa, 1969: synonym of Dioscuria Lindholm, 1927
  • Shileykoia Hudec, 1969: synonym of Fruticocampylaea Kobelt, 1871
  • Tyrrheniella: synonym of Tyrrheniellina Giusti & Manganelli, 1992
  • Zenobiella Gude & Woodward, 1921 - with the only species Zenobiella subrufescens (Miller, 1822): synonym of Zenobiellina Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2018 (junior synonym)

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