Scolodontidae

Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rhytidoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Scolodontidae
A live individual of Tamayoa decolorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Rhytidoidea
Family:
Scolodontidae

Taxonomy

The family Scolodontidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[2]

  • Scolodontinae H. B. Baker, 1925 - synonyms: Stenopidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (inv.); Systrophiidae Thiele, 1926; Scolodentidae H. B. Baker, 1956
  • Tamayoinae Tillier, 1980

Genera

Genera within the family Scolodontidae include:

Scolodontinae

  • Drepanostomella Bourguignat, 1889[3]
  • Happia Bourguignat, 1889 - synonym: Ammonoceras L. Pfeiffer, 1855[3]
  • Hirtudiscus Hylton Scott, 1973[3]
  • Scolodonta Doering, 1875 - type genus of the family Scolodontidae[2] - synonym: Wayampia Tillier, 1980[3]
  • Systrophia L. Pfeiffer, 1855[3]
  • Zilchistrophia Weyrauch, 1960[3]

Tamayoinae

  • Guestieria Crosse H., 1872[3]
  • Happiella H. B. Baker, 1925 - synonym: Occultator Pilsbry, 1926[3]
  • Microhappia Thiele, 1927[3]
  • Miradiscops Baker, 1925[3]
  • Tamayoa H. B. Baker, 1925 - type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae[2]

References
  1. Baker H. B. (1925). "Agnathomorphous Aulacolopoda". The Nautilus 38(3): 86-89. page 88.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. Bank, R.; Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851337 on 2017-11-15


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