Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Scolodontoidea and suborder Scolodontina.
Taxonomy
The following genera are recognised in the family Scolodontidae:
Scolodontinae
- Drepanostomella <small>Bourguignat, 1889</small>
- Happia <small>Bourguignat, 1889</small> - synonym: Ammonoceras <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small>
- Hirtudiscus <small>Hylton Scott, 1973</small>
- Scolodonta <small>Doering, 1875</small> - type genus of the family Scolodontidae - synonym: Wayampia <small>Tillier, 1980</small>
- Systrophia <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small>
- Zilchistrophia <small>Weyrauch, 1960</small>
Tamayoinae
- Guestieria <small>Crosse H., 1872</small>
- Happiella <small>H. B. Baker, 1925</small> - synonym: Occultator <small>Pilsbry, 1926</small>
- Microhappia <small>Thiele, 1927</small>
- Miradiscops <small>Baker, 1925</small>
- Tamayoa <small>H. B. Baker, 1925</small> - type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae
Genera brought into synonymy:
- Ammonoceras <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small>: synonym of Happia <small>Bourguignat, 1890 (non Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Entodina <small>Ancey, 1887</small>: synonym of Systrophia (Entodina) <small>Ancey, 1887</small> represented as Systrophia <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small> (original rank)
- Occultator <small>Pilsbry, 1926</small>: synonym of Happiella <small>H. B. Baker, 1925</small>
- Ophiogyra <small>Albers, 1850</small>: synonym of Polygyratia <small>Gray, 1847</small> (objective junior synonym)
- Ridleya <small>Ancey, 1901</small>: synonym of Ridleyconcha <small>Christensen, 2020</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Ridleya Delage & Hérouard, 1899 [Porifera]; Ridleyconcha is a replacement name)
- Wayampia <small>Tillier, 1980</small>: synonym of Scolodonta <small>Doering, 1875</small>
References
- Hausdorf B. (2006). The systematic position of Scolodonta Döring, 1875 and Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 245 (3/4): 161-165
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.