Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of small, air-breathing, land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosome

Chromosome

A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and protein found in cells. It is a single piece of coiled DNA containing many genes, regulatory elements and other nucleotide sequences. Chromosomes also contain DNA-bound proteins, which serve to package the DNA and control its functions.Chromosomes...

s lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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• subfamily Cochlicopinae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) - synonyms: Cionellidae L. Pfeiffer, 1879; Zuidae Bourguignat, 1884
• subfamily Azecinae Watson, 1920 - synonym: Cryptazecinae Schileyko, 1999

Genera

The family Cochlicopidae includes the following genera:

subfamily Cochlicopinae

• Cochlicopa
  Cochlicopa
  Cochlicopa is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.- Species :Species in the genus Cochlicopa include:* subgenus Cochlicopa** Cochlicopa lubrica - glossy pillar...
  
  Férussac, 1821 - synonym: Cionella Jeffreys, 1830

subfamily Azecinae

• Azeca
  Azeca
  Azeca is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.This is a monotypic genus.- Species :The only species in the genus Azeca is:...
  
  Fleming, 1828
• Cryptazeca
  Cryptazeca
  Cryptazeca is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Cryptazeca include southwestern France, northeastern Spain .-Species:Species within the genus Crypazeca include:* Cryptazeca elongata Gómez, 1990*...
  
  Folin & Bérillon, 1877
• Hypnophila
  Hypnophila
  Hypnophila is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.- Species :Species in the genus Hypnophila include:* Hypnophila remyi - External links :*...
  
  Bourguignat, 1858