Caryodidae

Caryodidae
A broken shell of Pedinogyra rotabilis at Border Ranges National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Informal group:	Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Acavoidea
Family:	Caryodidae
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Anoglyptidae Iredale, 1937 Hedleyellidae Iredale, 1937 Pedinogyridae Iredale, 1937

Caryodidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family is endemic to eastern Australia. ^[1]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family was previously treated as a subfamily of the family Acavidae. ^[1]

Genera

The family Caryodidae has no subfamilies.

Genera and species within this family include:

• Anoglypta Martens, 1860 ^[1]
• Brazieresta Iredale, 1933 ^[1]
• Caryodes Albers, 1850 ^[1] - type genus
• Hedleyella Iredale, 1914 ^[1]
• Pandofella Iredale, 1933 ^[1]
• Pedinogyra Albers, 1860 ^[1]
  • Pedinogyra allani Iredale, 1937
  • Pedinogyra effossa Iredale, 1937
  • Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
  • Pedinogyra minor (Mousson, 1869)
  • Pedinogyra hayii (Reeve, 1852)
  • Pedinogyra rotabilis (Reeve, 1852)
• Pygmipanda Iredale, 1933 ^[1] includes Pygmipanda atomata

References

1. Family CARYODIDAE Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine . Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 30 September 2010.

Further reading

• Murphy M. J. (2002). "Observations on the behaviour of the Australian land snail Hedleyella falconeri (Grey, 1834) (Pulmonata : Caryodidae) using the spool-and-line tracking technique". Molluscan Research22(2): 149-164. doi : 10.1071/MR02007, PDF.

External links

• Media related to Caryodidae at Wikimedia Commons