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Geomitridae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

{{About|a mollusc family|the insect family|Geometridae}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

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|image = Cernuella virgata 171109506.jpg

|image_caption = Cernuella virgata

|taxon = Geomitridae

|authority = Boettger, 1909

|type_genus = Geomitra

|type_genus_authority = Swainson, 1840

|subdivision_ranks = Genera

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Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Geomitridae C. R. Boettger, 1909 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994707 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}

Anatomy

The family is characterized by the presence of a free right ommatophoral retractor (passing outside the peni-oviducal angle) and a double stimulatory apparatus.{{Cite journal|last=Razkin|first=Oihana|last2=Gómez-Moliner|first2=Benjamín Juán|last3=Prieto|first3=Carlos Enrique|last4=Martínez-Ortí|first4=Alberto|last5=Arrébola|first5=José Ramón|last6=Muñoz|first6=Benito|last7=Chueca|first7=Luis Javier|last8=Madeira|first8=María José|date=February 2015|title=Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=83|pages=99–117|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014|pmid=25485783}} A free right ommatophoral retractor has been linked to adaptation to xeric habitats.{{Cite journal|last=Giusti|first=F|last2=Manganelli|first2=G|date=1987|title=Notulae malacologicae, XXXVI. On some Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Helicoidea) living in Sardinia and in Corsica.(Studies on the Sardinian and Corsican malacofauna VI)|journal=Bollettino Malacologico|volume=23|pages=123–206}}

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Taxonomy

The family Geomitridae is subdivided in the following subfamilies (according to Razkin et al., 2015). Genera with the family Geomitridae include:{{Cite journal|last=Chueca|first=Luis J.|last2=Gómez-Moliner|first2=Benjamín J.|last3=Madeira|first3=María José|last4=Pfenninger|first4=Markus|date=January 2018|title=Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=118|pages=357–368|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022|issn=1055-7903|pmid=29107619}}

Family Geomitridae

  • Not belonging to a subfamily:
  • Keraea Gude, 1911
  • Peridotitea Torres Alba, Holyoak, D. T., Holyoak, G. A., Vázquez Toro & Ripoll, 2018

References

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  • 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

External links

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  • https://liferecovernatura.madeira.gov.pt
  • [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014 Razkin, O., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Prieto, C. E., Martínez-Ortí, A., Arrébola, J. R., Muñoz, B., Chueca, L. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99-117]

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Category:Helicoidea

Category:Gastropod families