Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of the Vitrinidae includes the Nearctic, western Palearctic, eastern Palearctic, and Ethiopian zones, as well as Hawaii.
Anatomy
Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).
Genera
Genera in the family Vitrinidae include:
Subfamily Plutoniinae <small>T. Cockerell, 1893</small>
- Arabivitrina <small>Thiele, 1931</small>
- Azorivitrina <small>Giusti, Fiorentino, Benocci & Manganelli, 2011</small>
- Calidivitrina <small>Pilsbry, 1919</small>
- Canarivitrina <small>Valido & M. R. Alonso, 2000</small>
- Guerrina <small>Odhner, 1954</small>
- Insulivitrina <small>P. Hesse, 1923</small>
- Madeirovitrina <small>Groh & Hemmen, 1986</small>
- Megavitrina <small>Bank, Menkhorst & Neubert, 2016</small>
- Phenacolimax <small>Stabile, 1859</small>
- Plutonia <small>Morelet, 1864</small>
- Sanettivitrina <small>Pfarrer, Rowson, Tattersfield & Neubert, 2021</small>
- Sardovitrina <small>Manganelli & Giusti, 2005</small>
Subfamily Vitrininae <small>Fitzinger, 1833</small>
Synonyms:
- Balcanovitrina <small>OÃ
¡anova & L. Pintér, 1968</small>: synonym of Semilimacella <small>Soós, 1917</small>
- Chlamydea <small>Westerlund, 1886</small>: synonym of Semilimax <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Cobresia <small>Hübner, 1810</small>: synonym of Vitrina <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Gallandia <small>Bourguignat, 1880</small>: synonym of Oligolimax <small>P. Fischer, 1878</small>
- Helicolimax <small>J. Férussac, 1807</small>: synonym of Vitrina <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Hyalina <small>S. Studer, 1820</small>: synonym of Vitrina <small>Draparnaud, 1801 (non Schumacher, 1817)</small>
- Pagana <small>Gistel, 1848</small>: synonym of Vitrina <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Targionia <small>P. Hesse, 1923</small>: synonym of Semilimacella <small>Soós, 1917</small>
- Tozzettia <small>P. Hesse, 1924</small>: synonym of Semilimacella <small>Soós, 1917</small>
- Trochovitrina <small>O. Boettger, 1880</small>: synonym of Oligolimax <small>P. Fischer, 1878</small> (junior synonym)
- Vitrinopugio <small>Ihering, 1892</small>: synonym of Semilimax <small>Gray, 1847</small> (unavailable; objective junior synonym)
- Vitriplutonia <small>Collinge, 1893</small>: synonym of Plutonia <small>Morelet, 1864</small>
Cladogram
A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:
References
- Schileyko, A. A. (1986). Sistema i filogeniya Vitrinidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata). In: Y. I. Starobogatov & Schileyko, A. A. (eds.), Morfologicheskie i ekologicheskie osnovy sistematiki molljuskov. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. 148: 124-157. Leningrad
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