Helminthoglyptidae

Taxobox
name = Helminthoglyptidae

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image_width = 225px
image_caption = "Helminthoglypta tudiculata" from W. G. Binney, 1878 [Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 16.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
superfamilia = Helicoidea
familia = Helminthoglyptidae
familia_authority = Pilsbry, 1895
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
"see text"

The Helminthoglyptidae are a family of pulmonate land snails. This is a large and diverse group of new world snails, ranging in distribution from Alaska through North America to the West Indies, Central America, and as far south as Argentina.

The shells are typically of medium to large size, with no apertural teeth but usually with a reflected apertural lip.

The basic nomenclature and taxonomy of this large and complex family of land snails has been the subject of many modifications, and the list of genera given here is applicable only when the family is broadly interpreted. Many of these snail genera have been placed by various authors in more restrictively defined families, such as: Cepolidae, Epiphragmophoridae, Humboldtianidae, Monadeniidae, and Xanthonychidae. [Burch, John B. (1962). "How to know the Eastern Land Snails". Wm. C. Brown Co.: Dubuque IA, 214 pp.] [Hubricht, Leslie. (1985). "The distribution of the native land molluscs of the eastern United States". Fieldiana Zool. 24: 1-191.] Pilsbry, Henry A. 1939. "Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)". Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(1): 1-573.] [Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda, J.; Hausdorf, B.; Ponder, W.; Valdes, A.; Warén, A. (2005). Classification and nomenclature of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2).]

Some snails in genera within this family create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Taxonomy

Subfamily Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
*tribe Helminthoglyptini Pilsbry, 1939
**subtribe Helminthoglyptina Pilsbry, 1939
**subtribe Micrariontina Schileyko, 1991
*tribe Sonorelicini Roth, 1996 Subfamily Sonorellinae Pilsbry, 1939

Genera within the family Helminthoglyptidae

[ [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=77716] Helminthoglyptidae at "ITIS" ("Integrated Taxonomic Information System"); accessed 17 Apr. 2008.] [ [http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Helminthoglyptidae] Helminthoglyptidae at "Discover Life"; accessed 17 Apr. 2008.] [ [http://www.biolib.cz/en/] "BioLib" biological library; accessed 17 Apr. 2008.]
* "Averellia" Ancey, 1887
* "Cahuillus" Roth, 1996
* "Cepolis" Denys de Montfort, 1810
* "Chamaearionta" Berry, 1930
* "Dialeuca" Albers, 1850
* "Epiphragmophora" Döring, 1875
* "Eremarionta" Pilsbry, 1913
* "Eremariontoides" Miller, 1981
* "Greggelix" Miller, 1972
* "Helminthoglypta" Ancey, 1887
* "Hemitrochus" Swainson, 1840
* "Herpeteros" Berry, 1947
* "Humboldtiana" Ihering, 1892
* "Leptarionta" Fischer & Crosse, 1872
* "Maricopella" Roth, 1996
* "Micrarionta" Ancey, 1880
* "Mohavelix" Berry, 1943
* "Monadenia" Pilsbry, 1895
* "Myotophallus" Pilsbry, 1939
* "Noyo" Roth, 1996
* "Plesarionta" Pilsbry, 1939
* "Polymita" Beck, 1837
* "Rothelix" Miller, 1985
* "Setipellis" Pilsbry, 1926
* "Sonorelix" Berry, 1943
* "Sonorella" Pilsbry, 1900
* "Tryonigens" Pilsbry, 1927
* "Xanthonyx" Crosse & Fischer, 1867
* "Xerarionta" Pilsbry, 1913

References