Sagdidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

of 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 ...

s, terrestrial

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 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 ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily

Sagdoidea Sagdoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Helicoidei of the suborder Helicina ''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, ter ...

and as a member of the superfamily Helicoidea. Some species of Sagdidae are ovoviviparous.

Anatomy

Vestigial love darts exist in some species within this family.

Subfamilies and genera

The family Sagdidae consists of the following subfamilies: * Aquebaninae H. B. Baker, 1940 * Platysuccineinae H. B. Baker, 1940 * Polydontinae Schileyko, 2006 * Sagdinae Pilsbry, 1895 * Yunqueinae Schileyko, 1998 Genera in the family Sagdidae include:Sagdidae
Discover Life, accessed 6 December 2008. The type genus is

Sagda ''Sagda'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Ar ...

Beck, 1837. * '' Aerotrochus'' * '' Aquebana'' * '' Corneosagda'' * '' Granodomus'' Wurtz, 1955 * '' Hispaniolana'' Pilsbry, 1933 * '' Hojeda'' * '' Hyalosagda'' * '' Lacteoluna'' * '' Meiophysema'' * '' Microsagda'' * '' Odontosagda'' - '' Odontosagda blandii'' * '' Platysuccinea'' * '' Proserpinula'' * ''

'' * '' Stauroglypta'' * '' Strialuna'' * '' Suavitas'' * '' Trifaux'' * '' Vilitas'' * '' Volvidens'' * ''

Xenodiscula ''Xenodiscula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks () ...

'' * '' Zaphysema''

References

External links

* Gary Rosenberg & Igor V. Muratov
Recent terrestrial molluscs of Jamaica
* Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry Gastropod families Helicoidei {{Sagdidae-stub