Urocoptidae is a

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of air-breathing

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s in the superfamily

Urocoptoidea Urocoptoidea is a superfamily of land snails, gastropods in the suborder Helicina.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Urocoptoidea Pilsbry, 1898 (1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphi ...

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

The family Urocoptidae was classified in the superfamily

Orthalicoidea Orthalicoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Orthalicoidei of the suborder Helicina.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: Wor ...

(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). The family Urocoptidae consists of 7 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): * Urocoptinae Pilsbry, 1898 (1868) - synonym: Cylindrellidae Tryon, 1868 * Apomatinae Paul, 1982 * Brachypodellinae H. B. Baker, 1956 * Eucalodiinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1873 * Holospirinae Pilsbry, 1946 * Microceraminae Pilsbry, 1904 - synonyms: Johaniceraminae Jaume & de la Torre, 1972; Macroceraminae Jaume & de la Torre, 1972 * Tetrentodontinae Bartsch, 1943

2008 taxonomy

Uit de Weerd (2008) moved the Urocoptidae to the newly established superfamily

based on

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research. The following

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of sequences of

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shows the phylogenic relations within the Urocoptoidea. There are up to 2008 genetically analyzed species of Urocoptidae and one species of Cerionidae marked in khaki color in the cladogram.

2012 taxonomy

Fred G. Thompson established the family Epirobiidae in 2012 for five genera of snails ('' Epirobia'', '' Propilsbrya'', '' Pectinistemma'', '' Gyrocion'', '' Prionoloplax''), that were previously placed within Urocoptidae.Thompson F. G. (2012). "The land snail genus ''Epirobia'' and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea)". ''

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research as well as morphology supports monophyly of Holospiridae Pilsbry, 1946 and the Eucalodiidae Crosse & Fischer, 1868.

Genera

Genera in the family Urocoptidae include: Urocoptinae * '' Autocoptis'' Pilsbry, 1902 * '' Brachypodella'' L. Pfeiffer, 1840 (as ''Cylindrella'') * '' Urocoptis'' Beck, 1837 - type genus of the family Urocoptidae Apominae * '' Apoma'' Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Apomatinae * '' Simplicervix'' Pilsbry, 1903 Brachypodellinae * '' Brachypodella'' Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Brachypodellinae Eucalodiinae * '' Anisospira'' Strebel, 1880 * '' Archegocoptis'' Pilsbry, 1903 *†''

Condonella ''Condonella'' is an extinct genus of land snail in the family Urocoptidae known from the fossil species ''Condonella suciensis'' of Western North America. History and classification ''C. suciensis'' is known from a single internal mold fossil ...

'' McLellan, 1927 * '' Dissotropis'' Bartsch, 1906 * '' Eucalodium'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 - type genus of the subfamily Eucalodiinae Holospirinae * '' Coelostemma'' Dall, 1895 * '' Hendersoniella'' Dall, 1905 * '' Holospira'' Martens, 1860 - type genus of the subfamily Holospirinae Microceraminae * '' Microceramus'' Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 - type genus of the subfamily Microceraminae * '' Macroceramus'' Guilding, 1828 Tetrentodontinae * '' Tetrentodon'' Pilsbry, 1903 - type genus of the subfamily Tetrentodontinae * '' Torrecoptis'' Bartsch, 1943 Other genera include: * '' Allocoptis'' Thompson & Franz, 1976 * '' Amphicosmia'' Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 * '' Anoma'' * '' Arangia'' * '' Bactrocoptis'' * '' Badiofax'' * '' Bostrichocentrum'' * '' Bostrychocentrum'' * '' Callonia'' * '' Centralia'' * '' Cochlodinella'' * '' Coelocentrum'' * '' Geoscala'' * '' Gongylostoma'' * '' Gyraxis'' * '' Haplocion'' * '' Heterocoptis'' * '' Idiostemma'' * '' Liocallonia'' * ''

Metastoma The metastoma is a ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of non-arachnid dekatriatan chelicerates such as eurypterids, chasmataspidids and the genus '' Houia''. The metastoma located between the base of 6th prosomal appendage pair and ...

'' * '' Mychostoma'' * '' Nesocoptis'' * '' Nodulia'' * '' Oligostylus'' * '' Organocoptis'' * '' Pfeiffericoptis'' * '' Pineria'' * '' Pleurostemma'' * '' Poeycoptis'' * '' Pseudopineria'' * '' Pycnoptychia'' Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 * '' Sagracoptis'' * '' Spiroceramus'' * '' Spirostemma'' * '' Strophina'' * '' Tomelasmus'' * '' Trilamellaxis'' * '' Uncinicoptis''

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