Chondrinidae is a
family of mostly minute air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the order
Pulmonata
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of
haploid
Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively ...
chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
[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, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
According to the
taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Chondrinidae has no subfamilies.
2010 taxonomy
Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger (2010)
established a new subfamily to system of Chondrinidae:
[Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". '' Zootaxa'' 2539: 1-62. 22 plates]
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* subfamily Chondrininae
* subfamily
Granariinae
Genera
* ''
Abida''
Turton, 1831
* ''
Chondrina
''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...
''
Reichenbach, 1828
* ''
Granaria
''Granaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Granaria Held, 1838. Accessed through: World Register ...
''
Held, 1838
* ''
Graniberia
''Graniberia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmona ...
''
E. Gittenberger, Kokshoorn, Bössneck, Reijnen & Groenenberg, 2016
* ''
Granopupa
''Granopupa'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae.
The species of this genus are found in Western Europe and Mediterranean.
Species:
*''Granopupa granum
''Granopupa granum'' is a sp ...
''
Boettger, 1889
* ''
Rupestrella
''Rupestrella'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Chondrinidae.
The species of this genus are found in Mediterranean.
Species:
*''Rupestrella dupotetii''
*''Rupestrella homala''
*''Rupestrella occulta''
*''Rupestrella philipp ...
''
Monterosato, 1894
* ''
Solatopupa
''Solatopupa'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae. n
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Solatopupa Pilsbry, 1917. Accessed through: World ...
''
Pilsbry, 1917
;Synonyms:
* ''Alloglossa''
Lindström, 1868: synonym of ''Chondrina''
Reichenbach, 1828 (objective junior synonym)
* ''Avenacea''
Fagot, 1891: synonym of ''Chondrina''
Reichenbach, 1828 (objective junior synonym)
* ''Modicella''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''Chondrina''
Reichenbach, 1828
* ''Pupella''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''Granaria''
Held, 1838
* ''Sandahlia''
Westerlund, 1887: synonym of ''Abida''
W. Turton, 1831
* ''Stomodonta''
Mermet, 1843: synonym of ''Abida''
W. Turton, 1831
* ''Torquilla''
S. Studer, 1820: synonym of ''Abida''
W. Turton, 1831 (homonym; non Torquilla Brisson, 1760
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References
External links
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.
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