Enidae is a family

Family

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 of 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.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosome

Chromosome

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s lies between 21 and 25 (according to the values in this table).

1998 taxonomy

The following subfamilies of Enidae are based on work by Schileyko (1998) and they are in use mainly by Russian malacologists:

• subfamily Pseudonapaeinae
• subfamily Chondrulopsininae
• subfamily Merdigerinae
• subfamily Buliminusinae
• subfamily Andronakiinae
• subfamily Retowskiinae
• subfamily Eninae - including Chondrula
• subfamily Multidentulini

2005 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...

:

• subfamily Eninae B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880)
  • tribus Enini B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880) - synonyms: Napaeinae A. J. Wagner, 1928; Jaminiinae Thiele, 1931; Pseudonapaeinae Schileyko, 1978; Retowskiinae Schileyko, 1978; Andronakiinae Schileyko, 1998
  • tribus Chondrulini Wenz, 1923
  • tribus Multidentulini Schileyko, 1978 - synonyms: Chondrulopsininae Schileyko, 1978; Merdigerinae Schileyko, 1984; Euchondrinae Schileyko, 1998
• subfamily Buliminusinae Kobelt, 1880 - synonym Buliminidae Pfeiffer
  Ludwig 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...
  
  , 1879

Genera

Genera within the family Enidae include:

subfamilia Eninae

• Boninena
  Boninena
  Boninena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Boninena include:* Boninena callistoderma* Boninena hiraseana* Boninena ogasawarae...
  
  Habe, 1956

either in Enini or in Chondrulini

• Brephulopsis Lindholm, 1925
• Caucasicola Hesse, 1917
• Chondrus
  Chondrus
  Chondrus is a genus of red alga whose most famous species is C. crispus....
  
  Cuvier, 1817
• Georginapaeus Schileyko, 1988
• Peristoma Krynicki, 1833
• Ramusculus Lindholm, 1925
• Thoanteus Lindholm, 1925

• tribus Enini
  • Akramowskiella Schileyko, 1984
  • Andronakia Lindholm, 1914
  • Clausilioides Lindholm, 1925
  • Differena Schileyko, 1984
  • Ena Turton
    William Turton
    William 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...
    
    , 1831 - type genus of the family Enidae
  • Geminula Lindholm, 1925
  • Imparietula Lindholm, 1925
  • Jaminia Risso, 1826
  • Laevozebrinus Lindholm, 1925
  • Ljudmilena Schileyko, 1984
  • Mastoides
    Mastoides
    Mastoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Mastoides include:* Mastoides albocostatus...
    
    Westerlund, 1896
  • Megalena Hausdorf, 1999 There is only one species Megalena crassa
    Megalena crassa
    Megalena crassa, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.Megalena is a monotypic genus, i.e...
    
    (Retowski, 1887) in the genus Megalena.
  • Napaeus
    Napaeus
    Napaeus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.- Distribution :Napaeus is endemic to the Macaronesia ecoregion: Azores and Canary Islands.-Species:...
    
    Albers, 1850
  • Ottorosenia Muratov, 1992
  • Pseudochondrula Hesse, 1933
  • Pseudonapaeus Westerlund, 1887
  • Retowskia O. Boettger, 1881
  • Subzebrinus Westerlund, 1887
  • Turanena Lindholm, 1922

• tribus Chondrulini
  • Chondrula
    Chondrula
    Chondrula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Chondrula include:* Chondrula beieri Klemm, 1962 - from Greece...
    
    Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Chondrulini
  • Mastus
    Mastus
    Mastus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Mastus include:* Mastus abundans-Further reading:...
    
    Beck, 1837
  • Zebrina
    Zebrina
    Zebrina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.- Species :Species in the genus Zebrina include:* Zebrina detrita...
    
    Held, 1837

• tribus Multidentulini
  • Chondrulopsina Lindholm, 1925
  • Euchondrus Boettger, 1883
  • Improvisa Schileyko, 1978
  • Multidentula
    Multidentula
    Multidentula is a genus of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae....
    
    Lindholm, 1925
  • Merdigera
    Merdigera
    Merdigera is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.- Species:Species in this genus include:* Merdigera obscura - the type species of the genus-References:...
    
    Held, 1837
  • Pentadentula Suvorov, 2006
  • Senaridenta Schileyko, 1978
  • Siraphoroides Schileyko, 1977

subfamily Buliminusinae

• Adzharia Hesse, 1933
• Buliminus
  Buliminus
  Buliminus, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-References:*...
  
  Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Buliminusinae
• Cyrenaeus Heller, 1971
• Mordania Bank & Neubert, 1998
• Paramastus Hesse, 1933
• Pene
  Pene (gastropod)
  Pene is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae....
  
  Pallary, 1929

subfamily ?

• † Balearena Altaba, 2007 - type species † Balearena gymnesica Altaba, 2007
• Luchuena
  Luchuena
  Luchuena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae....
  
  Habe, 1956