Elonidae is a
family
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an Order (biology), order, and before that a Class (biology), subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a Respiratory system of gastro ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
s
mollusk
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s in the
superfamily
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Helicoidea.
This family is within the clade
Eupulmonata (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies and genera
The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
*
Eloninae Gittenberger, 1977
*
Klikiinae H. Nordsieck, 1986
Genera
Genera in the family Elonidae include:
* † ''
Cyrtochilus''
F. Sandberger, 1875
* † ''
Eurystrophe''
Gude, 1911
* †''
Joossia''
Pfeffer, 1930
* † ''
Lychnopsis''
Vidal, 1917
* † ''
Megalocochlea''
Wenz, 1919
* † ''
Papillotopsis''
H. Binder, 2017
* † ''
Puisseguria''
Schlickum, 1975
;Eloninae
* The
type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
is ''
Elona
''Elona quimperiana'', common name the escargot de Quimper ("Quimper snail"), is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae.
''Elona'' is a monotypic genus, i.e. it contains only ...
'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. It is a monotypic genus, with only one species: ''
Elona quimperiana''
* † ''
Galactochiloides''
Wenz, 1919
* ''
Norelona''
Nordsieck, 1986
** ''
Norelona pyrenaica''
(Draparnaud, 1805)
* † ''
Tropidomphalus''
Pilsbry, 1895
;Klikiinae
* † ''
Apula''
C. R. Boettger, 1909
* † ''
Klikia''
Pilsbry, 1895[ Tryon G. W. (1894) '']Manual of Conchology
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Biography
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, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata''
Volume 9
Helicidae - Volume VII. Continued by H. A. Pilsbry
page 289
* † ''
Pseudochloritis''
C. R. Boettger, 1909
;Synonyms:
* ''Sterna''
Albers, 1850: synonym of ''Elona''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 ((Invalid: junior homonym of ''Sterna''
Linnaeus, 1758 ves
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* † ''Steklovia''
Schlickum & Strauch, 1972: synonym of † ''Apula''
C. R. Boettger, 1909 † (junior subjective synonym)
References
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