Orculidae

Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

Genera

Genera within the family Orculidae include:

• Alvariella <small>Hausdorf 1996</small>
• † Nordsieckula <small>Harl & Harzhauser in Harzhauser et al., 2014</small>
• Orcula <small>Held, 1838</small>
• Orculella <small>Steenberger, 1925</small>
• Pilorcula <small>Germain, 1912</small>
• † Pupilorcula <small>Steklov, 1966</small>
• Schileykula <small>Gittenberger, 1983</small>
• Sphyradium <small>Charpentier, 1837</small>

• Mesorculella <small>Schileyko, 1976</small>: synonym of Orculella <small>Steenberg, 1925</small>
• Pupula <small>Mörch, 1852</small>: synonym of Orcula <small>Held, 1838</small>
• Scyphus <small>Cecconi, 1908</small>: synonym of Sphyradium <small>Charpentier, 1837</small>

References

External links

• J., Haring E., Asami T., Sittenthaler M., Sattmann H. & Páll-Gergely B. (2017). Molecular systematics of the land snail family Orculidae reveal paraphyly and deep splits within the clade Orthurethra (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(4): 778-794