Scolodontidae is a

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of air-breathing

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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 inclu ...

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s in the superfamily Scolodontoidea and suborder Scolodontina.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851337 on 2021-02-21

Taxonomy

The following genera are recognised in the family Scolodontidae: * '' Polygyratia'' Gray, 1847 * '' Ridleyconcha'' Christensen, 2020 ;Scolodontinae * '' Drepanostomella'' Bourguignat, 1889 * '' Happia'' Bourguignat, 1889 - synonym: ''Ammonoceras'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855Bank, R.; Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851337 on 2017-11-15 * ''

Hirtudiscus ''Hirtudiscus'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Scolodontidae Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrat ...

'' Hylton Scott, 1973 * ''

Scolodonta ''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae. ''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae. This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...

'' Doering, 1875 - type genus of the family Scolodontidae - synonym: ''Wayampia'' Tillier, 1980 * '' Systrophia'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855 * '' Zilchistrophia'' Weyrauch, 1960 ;Tamayoinae * '' Guestieria'' Crosse H., 1872 * '' Happiella'' H. B. Baker, 1925 - synonym: ''Occultator'' Pilsbry, 1926 * '' Microhappia'' Thiele, 1927 * '' Miradiscops'' Baker, 1925 * ''

Tamayoa ''Tamayoa'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae. ''Tamayoa'' is the type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae. Species Species within the genus ''Tamayoa'' include: * '' Ta ...

'' H. B. Baker, 1925 - type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Ammonoceras'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of '' Happia'' Bourguignat, 1890 (non Lamarck, 1822) * ''Entodina'' Ancey, 1887: synonym of ''Systrophia'' (''Entodina'') Ancey, 1887 represented as '' Systrophia'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original rank) * ''Occultator'' Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of ''Happiella'' H. B. Baker, 1925 * ''Ophiogyra'' Albers, 1850: synonym of '' Polygyratia'' Gray, 1847 (objective junior synonym) * ''Ridleya'' Ancey, 1901: synonym of '' Ridleyconcha'' Christensen, 2020 (invalid: junior homonym of Ridleya Delage & Hérouard, 1899 orifera Ridleyconcha is a replacement name) * ''Wayampia'' Tillier, 1980: synonym of ''

'' Doering, 1875

References

* Hausdorf B. (2006). The systematic position of Scolodonta Döring, 1875 and Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 245 (3/4): 161-165 * Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. {{Scolodontidae-stub