Chronidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Exrhysota brookei.jpg

| image_caption = Exrhysota brookei

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Chronidae

| authority = Thiele, 1931

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = * Ryssotidae Schileyko, 2003

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

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Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chronidae Thiele, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994726 on 2021-02-22

Distribution

Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.

Genera

Genera within the family Chronidae include:

;Synonyms:

  • Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)
  • Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name)
  • Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. {{doi|10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x}}, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2656267 JSTOR].

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|label1=limacoid clade

|1={{clade

|label1=Staffordioidea

|1=Staffordiidae

|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1=Dyakioidea

|1=Dyakiidae

|label2=Gastrodontoidea

|2={{clade

|1=Pristilomatidae

|2={{clade

|1=Chronidae

|2={{clade

|1=Euconulidae

|2=Trochomorphidae

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|3={{clade

|1=Gastrodontidae

|2=Oxychilidae

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|2={{clade

|label1=Parmacelloidea

|1={{clade

|1=Trigonochlamydidae

|2=Parmacellidae

|3=Milacidae

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|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1=Zonitoidea

|1=Zonitidae

|label2=Helicarionoidea

|2={{clade

|1=Helicarionidae

|2={{clade

|1=Ariophantidae

|2=Urocyclidae

}}

}}

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|label2=Limacoidea

|2={{clade

|1=Vitrinidae

|2={{clade

|1=Boettgerillidae

|2={{clade

|1=Limacidae

|2=Agriolimacidae

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References

{{Reflist}}

  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.