Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is classified within the order Stylommatophora within the superorder Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies.
The family Pleurodontidae includes some American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family Camaenidae, a taxon whose monophyly was in doubt.
Anatomy
Pleurodontids are defined by a missing diverticulum. The stimulatory organ is equally missing.
Genera
Genera within this family include:
- Coloniconcha <small>Pilsbry, 1933</small> - with the only species Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933
- Dentellaria <small>Schumacher, 1817</small> - either separate genus (with a synonym: Lucerna) or as a synonym of Pleurodonte
- Discolepis <small>Ancey, 1904</small>
- Eurycratera <small>Beck, 1837</small>
- Eurycratera jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- â Ganeselloides <small>Yen, 1969</small>
- Gonostomopsis <small>Pilsbry, 1889</small>
- Lucerna <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
- Pleurodonte <small>Fischer de Waldheim, 1807</small>
- Thelidomus <small>Swainson, 1840</small> (or in Camaenidae)
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