Pomatiidae
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The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate
land snail
s, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World
. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae.
This family is a lineage closely related to the Littorinidae
(periwinkles) common in coast
al habitat. They have adapted to terrestrial life and are thus sometimes humorously called "winkles-come-ashore".
They are defined by a chalky operculum at the rear end of the body, the shape of their thick shell and their mouth and a characteristic spiral sculpture. The sexes are separate and can sometimes be recognised because the female shell is slightly larger than the male shell.
According to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
, the family Pomatiidae consists of two subfamilies:
subfamily Pomatiinae
subfamily Annulariinae
tribe Annulariini
tribe Adamsiellini
tribe Choanopomatini
tribe Cistulopsini
tribe Rhytidopomatini
to be sorted to subfamilies:
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
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...
gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World
Old World
The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae.
This family is a lineage closely related to the Littorinidae
Littorinidae
Littorinidae is a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found world-wide.-Names:...
(periwinkles) common in coast
Coast
A coastline or seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the dynamic nature of tides. The term "coastal zone" can be used instead, which is a spatial zone where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs...
al habitat. They have adapted to terrestrial life and are thus sometimes humorously called "winkles-come-ashore".
They are defined by a chalky operculum at the rear end of the body, the shape of their thick shell and their mouth and a characteristic spiral sculpture. The sexes are separate and can sometimes be recognised because the female shell is slightly larger than the male shell.
Taxonomy
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...
, the family Pomatiidae consists of two subfamilies:
- subfamily Pomatiinae Newton, 1891 (1828) - synonyms: Cyclostomatidae Menke, 1828; Cyclotopsinae Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898; Ericiidae Wenz, 1915
- subfamily Annulariinae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920
- tribe Annulariini Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - synonyms: Licininae Gray, 1857; Chondropomatinae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920
- tribe Adamsiellini Henderson & Bartsch, 1920
- tribe Choanopomatini Thiele, 1929
- tribe Cistulopsini H. B. Baker, 1924 - synonym: Cistulinae L. Pfeiffer, 1858
- tribe Rhytidopomatini Henderson & Bartsch, 1920
Genera
Genera within the family Pomatiidae include:subfamily Pomatiinae
- Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1899
- Cyclotopsis Blanford, 1864
- Ericia Partiot, 1848
- Georgia Bourguignat, 1882
- Guillainia Crosse, 1884
- Leonia Gray, 1850
- Lithidion Gray, 1850
- Otopoma Gray, 1850
- PomatiasPomatiasPomatias is a genus of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks gastropod in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Pomatias include:* Pomatias elegans - Round-mouthed Snail...
Studer, 1789 - type genus of the family Pomatiidae - TropidophoraTropidophoraTropidophora is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Distribution :These are large, split-sole, operculate snails found in Tanzania, Madagascar, the Mascarenes, the Comoros and South Africa....
Troschel, 1847 - TudorellaTudorellaTudorella is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Distribution :This genus of land snails inhabits the coasts of the western Mediterranean sea.- Species :Species in the genus Tudorella include:...
Fischer, 1885
subfamily Annulariinae
tribe Annulariini
- Annularia Schumacher, 1817 - type genus of the subfamily Annulariinae
- ChondropomaChondropomaChondropoma is a genus of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks gastropod in the family Pomatiidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Chondropoma include Cuba, Nicaragua, ...63 species of Chondropoma lives in Cuba....
L. Pfeiffer, 1847 - Licina Gray, 1847
tribe Adamsiellini
- Adamsiella L. Pfeiffer, 1851 - type genus of the tribe Adamsiellini
tribe Choanopomatini
- Choanopoma L. Pfeiffer, 1847 - type genus of the tribe Choanopomatini
tribe Cistulopsini
- Cistula Gray, 1850
- Cistulops H. B. Baker, 1924 - type genus of the tribe Cistulopsini
tribe Rhytidopomatini
- RhytidopomaRhytidopomaRhytidopoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.Rhytidopoma is the type genus of the tribe Rhytidopomatini.- Species :Species within the genus Rhytidopoma include:...
Sykes, 1901 - type genus of the tribe Rhytidopomatini
to be sorted to subfamilies:
- Abbottella
- AnnulariscaAnnulariscaAnnularisca is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Annularisca include:* Annularisca aberrans Torre & Barsch, 1941...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - AnnularitaAnnularitaAnnularita is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Annularita include:* Annularita majuscula...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - AnnularodesAnnularodesAnnularodes is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Annularodes include:* Annularodes boqueronensis...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - AnnularopsAnnularopsAnnularops is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Annularops include:* Annularops attenuata...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - BermudeziaBermudeziaBermudezia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Bermudezia include:* Bermudezia bermudezi...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - BlaesospiraBlaesospiraBlaesospira is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Blaesospira include:* Blaesospira echinus - type species...
Crosse, 1890 - ChondropomatusChondropomatusChondropomatus is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Chondropomatus include:* Chondropomatus latum...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - ChondropometesChondropometesChondropometes is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Chondropometes include:* Chondropometes bellisimum Torre & Bartsch, 1938...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - ChondrothyraChondrothyraChondrothyra is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Chondrothyra include:* Chondrothyra affinis...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - ChondrothyrellaChondrothyrellaChondrothyrella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Chondrothyrella include:* Chondrothyrella assimilis...
Torre & Bartsch, 1938 - ChondrothyriumChondrothyriumChondrothyrium is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Chondrothyrium include:* Chondrothyrium alcaldei Jaume & Sánchez de Fuentes, 1943...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - CubadamsiellaCubadamsiellaCubadamsiella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Cubadamsiella include:* Cubadamsiella beneitoi Fernández-Garcés, Espinosa & Ortea, 2003...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - DallsiphonaDallsiphonaDallsiphona is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Dallsiphona include:* Dallsiphona dalli...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - Diploma - an orth. error for DiplopomaDiplopomaDiplopoma is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks gastropod in the family Pomatiidae.-Species:Species within the genus Diplopoma include:* Diplopoma crenulatum...
? (original research)- Diploma arangoi (Jaume, 1984)
- Diploma architectonica (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1859)
- Diploma songoensis (Torre & Bartsch, 1941)
- Diploma torrei (Ramsden, 1915)
- Diploma varonai (Jaume, 1984)
- Diploma zayasi (Jaume, 1984)
- DiplopomaDiplopomaDiplopoma is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks gastropod in the family Pomatiidae.-Species:Species within the genus Diplopoma include:* Diplopoma crenulatum...
L. Pfeiffer, 1859 - EutudoraEutudoraEutudora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Eutudora include:* Eutudora agassizi...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - EutudoropsEutudoropsEutudorops is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Eutudorops include:* Eutudorops complanata...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - GuajaibonaGuajaibonaGuajaibona is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Guajaibona include:* Guajaibona petrei...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - GundlachtudoraGundlachtudoraGundlachtudora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Gundlachtudora include:* Gundlachtudora decolorata...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - HendersoninaHendersoninaHendersonina is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Hendersonina include:* Hendersonina bermudezi Torre & Bartsch, 1938...
Torre & Bartsch, 1938 - JaumeiaJaumeiaJaumeia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Jaumeia include:* Jaumeia notata...
Aguayo, 1943 - JuannulariaJuannulariaJuannularia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Juannularia include:* Juannularia arguta...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - LimadoraLimadoraLimadora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Limadora include:* Limadora garciana...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - LimadorexLimadorexLimadorex is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Limadorex include:* Limadorex limonensis...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - Meganipha Thompson, 1978
- OpisthocoelicumOpisthocoelicumOpisthocoelicum is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Opisthocoelicum include:* Opisthocoelicum dubium Sánchez Roig, 1949...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - OpisthosiphonOpisthosiphonOpisthosiphon is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Description :The genus Opisthosiphon has been described by American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1905...
Dall, 1905 - Parachondria Dall, 1905 - originally described as a subgenus
- RamsdeniaRamsdeniaRamsdenia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Ramsdenia include:* Ramsdenia bufo...
Preston, 1913 - RhytidothyraRhytidothyraRhytidothyra is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Rhytidothyra include:* Rhytidothyra bilabiata...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - SubannulariaSubannulariaSubannularia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Subannularia include:* Subannularia jeannereti...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - TorrellaTorrella (gastropod)Torrella is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Distribution :The distribution of the genus Torrella includes Cuba.- Species :Species in the genus Torrella include:...
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 - Torrilla (spelling error?)
- Torrilla emmae Jaume & Sánchez de Fuentes, 1943
- Torrilla torreiana (Gundlach in Arango, 1878)
- Torrilla trinidadensis Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- TroschelvindexTroschelvindexTroschelvindex is a genus of land snails with an operculum: these terrestrial gastropod mollusks are in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Troschelvindex include:* Troschelvindex agrestis...
Baker, 1924 - Tudora Baird, 1850
- TudorinaTudorinaTudorina is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Tudorina include:* Tudorina rangelina...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - WrightudoraWrightudoraWrightudora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Wrightudora include:* Wrightudora aguayoi...
Torre & Bartsch, 1941 - XenopomaXenopomaXenopoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.- Species :Species within the genus Xenopoma include:* Xenopoma aguayoi Torre & Bartsch, 1941...
Crosse, 1890 - Xenopoides
- Xenopoides delicatulum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
Further reading
- Bartsch P.Paul BartschPaul Bartsch was an American malacologist and carcinologist.Paul Bartsch emigrated to the U.S.A in 1880. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in 1896, and M.S. in 1899, and PhD in 1905...
(1946). "The operculate land mollusks of the family Annulariidae of the Island of HispaniolaHispaniolaHispaniola is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west and Puerto Rico to the east, within the hurricane belt...
and the Bahama Archipelago". United States National Museum Bulletin No. 192, 264 pp., 38 pls. - Pfenninger M., Véla E., Jesse R., Arantzazu Elejalde M., Liberto F., Magnin F. & Martínez-Ortí A. (2009). "Temporal speciation pattern in the western Mediterranean genus Tudorella P. Fischer, 1885 (Gastropoda, Pomatiidae) supports the Tyrrhenian vicariance hypothesis". Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionMolecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of evolutionary biology and phylogenetics. The journal is edited by D.E. Wildman.-Indexing:The journal is indexed in:*EMBiology*Journal Citation Reports*Scopus*Web of Science...
54(2): 427-436. , doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.024. - Watters G. T. (2006). The Caribbean Land Snail Family Annulariidae: A revision of the higher taxa and a catalog of the species. 1-557, figs 1-10, map 1-56, Appendix A: 1-3. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.