Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily Trochomorphoidea[3][2]
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of Trochomorphidae includes eastern-Palearctic, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesia.[4]
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[5]
Genera
Genera within the family Trochomorphidae include:
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Benthemia Forcart, 1964
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Brazieria Ancey, 1887
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Calostropha Ancey, 1887
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Coxia Ancey, 1887
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Dendrotrochus Pilsbry, 1894
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Entomostoma H. B. Baker, 1941
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Eurybasis Gude, 1913
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Foxidonta Clench, 1950
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Geodiscus Iredale, 1941
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Geotrochus van Hasselt, 1823
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Hogolua Baker, 1941
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Kondoa Baker, 1941
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Liravidena Solem, 1959
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Orpiella L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855
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Peleliua H. B. Baker, 1941
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Probrazieria H. B. Baker, 1941
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Tegumen Gude, 1913
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Theskelomensor Iredale, 1933
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Trochomorpha Albers, 1850 - type genus of the family Trochomorphidae
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Trochositala Schileyko, 2002
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Videna A. Adams 1858
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Videnoida Minato, 1988
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Vitrinoconus C. Semper, 1873
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:[4]
limacoid clade Staffordioidea Staffordiidae
Dyakioidea Dyakiidae
Gastrodontoidea Pristilomatidae
Chronidae
Euconulidae
Trochomorphidae
Gastrodontidae
Oxychilidae
Parmacelloidea Trigonochlamydidae
Parmacellidae
Milacidae
Zonitoidea Zonitidae
Helicarionoidea Helicarionidae
Ariophantidae
Urocyclidae
Limacoidea Vitrinidae
Boettgerillidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
References
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^ Möllendorff (1890). Bericht der Senckengergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a. M. (1889-1890): 210.
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^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Trochomorphidae Möllendorff, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816186 on 2021-02-22
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^ Bouchet, Philippe (2017). "Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526. doi:10.4002/040.061.0201. S2CID 91051256.
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^ a b Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
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^ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
