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Vitrinidae
Unidentified member of the family
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Vitrinidae
Fitzinger, 1833
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • Phenacolimacinae Schileyko, 1986
  • Semilimacinae Schileyko, 1986
Three shellsofEucobresia diaphana, scale bar in mm

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

Distribution

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The distribution of the Vitrinidae includes the Nearctic, western Palearctic, eastern Palearctic, and Ethiopian zones, as well as Hawaii.[2]

Anatomy

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Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).[3]

Genera

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Genera in the family Vitrinidae include:[4]

Subfamily Plutoniinae T. Cockerell, 1893
Subfamily Vitrininae Fitzinger, 1833
Synonyms

Cladogram

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Acladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:[2]

 limacoid clade 

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitrinidae Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875674 on 2022-02-01
  • ^ a b 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, JSTOR.
  • ^ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  • ^ "Vitrinidae (family in Limacoidea)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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