Camaenidae

Taxobox
name = Camaenidae

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Stylommatophora
superfamilia = Helicoidea
familia = Camaenidae
familia_authority = Pilsbry, 1895

Camaenidae is one of the most diverse families of terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the order Stylommatophora.

They occur in a wide variety of habitats in the tropics of Eastern Asia and Australasia and with a large American group found in the Caribbean. Their shells are rather large (25-50 mm). Only a few species have small shells. The shells can be vividly colored, showing strong patterns. Others can be unicolored or lacklustre.

This family is defined by a missing diverticulum and a missing stimulatory organ. It is suggested that the family Camaenidae is a polyphyletic taxon. There are no synapomorphies uniting this diverse family. The American group is closely related to the families Helicidae and Helminthoglyptidae, while the Austrasian group is a sister group to the Bradybaenidae. [Scott, B. (1996): Phylogenetic relationships of the Camaenidae (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea). – "Journal of Molluscan Studies", 62: 65-73. [http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/1/65 Abstract] ]

It contains three subfamilies and about 90 genera :
*subfamily Camaeninae Pilbry, 1895
*subfamily Rhagadinae Iredale, 1938
*subfamily Sinumeloninae Solem, 1992

*Adclarkia
*Amphidromus
*Amplirhagada
*Arnemelassa
*Aslintesta
*Austrochloritis
*Basedowena
*Baudinella
*Calvigenia
*Caperantrum
*Carinotrachia
*Chloritisanax
*Contramelon
*Cooperconcha
*Cristigibba
*Cristilabrum
*Cupedora
*Damochlora
*Dirutrachia
*Discomelon
*Divellomelon
*Exiligada
*Eximiorhagada
*Falspleuroxia
*Galadistes
*Gloreugenia
*Glyptorhagada
*Gnarosophia
*Granulomelon
*Hadra
*Jacksonena
*Kendrickia
*Kimboraga
*Lacustrelix
*Meliobba
*Melostrachia
*Meridolum
*Mesodontrachia
*Micromelon
*Minimelon
*Montanomelon
*Monteithosites
*Mouldingia
*Mussonena
*Neveritis
*Ningbingia
*Noctepuna
*Obstengenia
*Offachloritis
*Ordtrachia
*Pallidelix
*Papuexul
*Parglogenia
*Plectorhagada
*Pleuroxia
*Posorites
*Promonturconchum
*Prototrachia
*Prymnbriareus
*Pseudcupedora
*Quistrachia
*Ramogenia
*Retroterra
*Rhagada
*Rhynchotrochus
*Semotrachia
*Setobaudinia
*Sinumelon
*Sphaerospira
*Spurlingia
*Strepsitaurus
*Tatemelon
*Temporena
*Thersites
*Tolgachloritis
*Torresitrachia
*Trachiopsis
*Trozena
*Turgenitubulus
*Ventopelita
*Vidumelon
*Westraltrachia
*Xanthomelon

References

* [http://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=77709 ITIS]
*Cuezzo M.G., (2003): Phylogenetic analysis of the Camaenidae (Mollusca: Stylommatophora) with special emphasis on the American taxa. – "Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society", 138: 449-476.