Ellobiidae
Encyclopedia
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 clade Eupulmonata
Eupulmonata
The Eupulmonata is a taxonomic clade of air-breathing snails. The great majority of this group are land snails and slugs, but some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions.-Linnean taxonomy:...
. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by 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...
).
These are mostly snails that live in salt marsh
Salt marsh
A salt marsh is an environment in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and salt water or brackish water, it is dominated by dense stands of halophytic plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh...
es and similar maritime
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
habitats, and thus have a tolerance for saline conditions.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomeChromosome
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 16 and 20 (according to the values in this table).
Taxonomy
The family Ellobiidae PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer
Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, also known as Louis Pfeiffer was a German physician, botanist and conchologist.-Biography:He received his education in Kassel, and became professor of pathology there in 1828...
, 1854 (1822) consists of the following subfamilies:
- subfamily Ellobiinae PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, also known as Louis Pfeiffer was a German physician, botanist and conchologist.-Biography:He received his education in Kassel, and became professor of pathology there in 1828...
, 1854 (1822) - subfamily Carychiinae Jeffreys, 1830
- subfamily Melampinae Stimpson, 1851 (1850)
- subfamily Pedipedinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1880
- subfamily Pythiinae OdhnerNils Hjalmar OdhnerNils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...
, 1925 (1880) - † subfamily Zaptychiinae Wenz, 1938
Genera
Genera within the family Ellobiidae include:subfamily Ellobiinae
- EllobiumEllobiumEllobium is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Ellobium is the type genus of the family Ellobiidae.-Species:Species within the genus Ellobium include:...
RödingPeter Friedrich RödingPeter Friedrich Röding was a German malacologist who lived in Hamburg. Very little is known about this naturalist.Many of Röding's descriptions are of species which were first named by earlier authors such as Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz, Friedrich Wilhelm Martini and Martin Lister...
, 1798 - LeucophytiaLeucophytiaLeucophytia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.This is a monotypic genus.However World Register of Marine Species list Leucophytia as a synonym for Auriculinella....
Winckworth, 1949
subfamily Carychiinae
- CarychiumCarychiumCarychium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.-Species:Subgenera and species within the genus Carychium include:subgenus Carychium O. F. Müller, 1774...
O. F. Müller, 1774
subfamily Melampinae
- MelampusMelampus (gastropod)Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.- Species :Species in the genus Melampus include:** Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822** Melampus bullaoides...
MontfortPierre Denys de MontfortPierre Denys de Montfort, also sometimes spelled "Pierre Dénys de Montfort", was a French naturalist, in particular a malacologist, remembered today for his pioneering inquiries into the existence of the giant squid Architeuthis, which was thought to be an old wives' tale, and for which he was...
, 1810
subfamily Pedipedinae
- Pedipes FérussacAndré Étienne d'Audebert de FérussacBaron André Étienne Justin Pascal Joseph François d'Audebert de Férussac was a French naturalist best known for his studies of molluscs...
, 1821
subfamily Pythiinae
- CassidulaCassidulaCassidula is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.- Species and subspecies :* Cassidula angulifera * Cassidula aurisifelis* Cassidula doliolum...
- PythiaPythia (gastropod)Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Pythia is the type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae.- Species :Species in the genus Pythia include:* Pythia cecillei...
Röding, 1798 - type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae. Phytia is a nomen nudumNomen nudumThe phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...
. - MyosotellaMyosotellaMyosotella is a European genus or subgenus of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae...
Monterosato, 1906 - LaemodontaLaemodontaLaemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Laemodonta include:* Laemodonta bella* Laemodonta exaratoides...
Philippi, 1846
† subfamily Zaptychiinae
- † Zaptychius Walcott, 1883 - type genus of the subfamily
subfamily ?
- Auriculinella Tausch, 1886
- Blauneria Shuttleworth, 1854
- Creedonia Martins, 1996
- Detracia GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
in TurtonWilliam TurtonWilliam Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
, 1840 - LeuconopsisLeuconopsisLeuconopsis is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.-References:*...
HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1884 - MicrotraliaMicrotraliaMicrotralia is a species of minute air-breathing landsnail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.-References:*...
DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1894 - Ovatella Bivona, 1832
- Tralia GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1840