Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing

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.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413333 on 2020-05-02 This family has no subfamilies. The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864. However, the latter has been declared as a

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because it had not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a

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Distribution

The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas,

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and tropical Asia."Family summary for Ferussaciidae"

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, last modified 16 August 2007, accessed 7 April 2011.

Fossil record

Cecilioides sommeri ''Cecilioides sommeri'' is a fossil species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae, from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil Brazil, officially the Fed ...

'' is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle

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of Brazil (

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Anatomy

In this family, the number of

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s 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.

Genera

Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include: (The following unreferenced, unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999)) * ''

Amphorella ''Amphorella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ferussaciidae Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk ...

'' Lowe, 1852 * '' Calaxis'' Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 * ''

Cecilioides ''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' Férussac, 1814 * Sketches of Ferussaciidae Specimens

Coilostele ''Coilostele'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Ferussaciidae. The species of this genus are found in Western Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterr ...

'' Benson, 1864 * '' Conollya'' Odhner, 1932 * ''

Cylichnidia ''Cylichnidia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant ...

'' R. T. Lowe, 1852 * ''

Digoniaxis ''Digoniaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. ''Digoniaxis'' was first described by French zoologist and malacologist, Félix Pierre Jousseaume Félix Pierre Jousse ...

'' Jousseaume, 1889 * ''

Ferussacia ''Ferussacia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks ...

'' Risso, 1826 - type genus of the family Ferussaciidae"Genera in family Ferussaciidae"
(n = 8). AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2011. * ''

Geostilbia ''Geostilbia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mo ...

'' Crosse, 1867 * ''

Hohenwartiana ''Hohenwartiana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollu ...

'' Bourguignat, 1864 * ''

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'' Folin, 1870 * '' Pseudocalaxis'' Pallary, 1912 * '' Sculptiferussacia'' Germain, 1911

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Fossil record

Anatomy

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