Elonidae
Encyclopedia
Elonidae is a family
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the superfamily
Helicoidea
.
This family is within the clade Eupulmonata
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
):
Eloninae
Klikiinae
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 air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
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 gastropods mollusks in the superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
Helicoidea
Helicoidea
Helicoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.-Families:There are 19 families within the superfamily Helicoidea according to Bouchet & Rocroi .* Helicidae...
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This family is within 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:...
(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...
).
Subfamilies and genera
The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Taxonomy 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...
):
- Eloninae Gittenberger, 1977
- Klikiinae H. Nordsieck, 1986
Genera
Genera in the family Elonidae include:Eloninae
- The type genusType genusIn biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
is Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. It is a monotypic genus, with only one species: Elona quimperiana - Norelona Nordsieck, 1986
- Norelona pyrenaicaNorelona pyrenaicaNorelona quimperiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae.Norelona pyrenaica is the type species of the genus Norelona.- Shell description :...
(Draparnaud, 1805)
- Norelona pyrenaica
Klikiinae
- † KlikiaKlikiaKlikia is a genus of fossil air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Elonidae.This genus is named after Gottlieb Klika, the author of the 1891 book Die tertiaeren Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien des nord-westlichen Böhmen.- Original description :The genus...
Pilsbry, 1895