Trochomorphidae is a

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of air-breathing land snails,

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

pulmonate gastropod

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s in the superfamily

Gastrodontoidea Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade. Taxonomy According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), families in this superfamily ...

(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily

Trochomorphoidea Trochomorphoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of small to large terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the infraorder Limacoidei.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Trochomorphoidea Möllendorff, 1890. Accessed through: Worl ...

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Trochomorphidae Möllendorff, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816186 on 2021-02-22 This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution

The distribution of Trochomorphidae includes eastern-

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, south-eastern Asia, Australian and

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Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid

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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 Trochomorphidae include: * '' Benthemia'' Forcart, 1964 * ''

Brazieria ''Brazieria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily ...

'' Ancey, 1887 * '' Calostropha'' Ancey, 1887 * '' Coxia'' Ancey, 1887 * '' Dendrotrochus'' Pilsbry, 1894 * ''

Entomostoma ''Entomostoma'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfami ...

'' H. B. Baker, 1941 * '' Eurybasis'' Gude, 1913 * ''

Foxidonta ''Foxidonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamil ...

'' Clench, 1950 * '' Geodiscus'' Iredale, 1941 * ''

Geotrochus ''Geotrochus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamil ...

'' van Hasselt, 1823 * ''

Hogolua ''Hogolua'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zonitidae. Some authors place this genus in the family Trochomorphidae Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terres ...

'' Baker, 1941 * '' Kondoa'' Baker, 1941 * '' Liravidena'' Solem, 1959 * ''

Orpiella ''Orpiella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily ...

'' L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855 * '' Peleliua'' H. B. Baker, 1941 * ''

Probrazieria ''Probrazieria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfa ...

'' H. B. Baker, 1941 * '' Tegumen'' Gude, 1913 * '' Theskelomensor'' Iredale, 1933 * ''

Trochomorpha ''Trochomorpha'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Trochomorpha Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Albers, 1850 - type genus of the family Trochomorphidae * '' Trochositala'' Schileyko, 2002 * ''

Videna ''Videna'' is a genus of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Videna H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marines ...

'' A. Adams 1858 * '' Videnoida'' Minato, 1988 * '' Vitrinoconus'' C. Semper, 1873

Cladogram

The following

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shows the

phylogenic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

relationships of this family to other families within the

limacoid clade The Limacoidei is a taxonomic infraorder of air-breathing land snails, semislugs and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the suborder Helicina Distribution The original ancestral area of limacoid families is thought to be ...

:Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". ''

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'' 27(2): 379-390.
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