Epirobiidae

Epirobiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Urocoptoidea
Family:	Epirobiidae Thompson, 2012 [1]
Diversity [1]
22 species

Epirobiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The American malacologist Fred G. Thompson established the family Epirobiidae in 2012 for five genera of snails ( Epirobia , Propilsbrya , Pectinistemma , Gyrocion , Prionoloplax ), which were previously placed within the family Urocoptidae. ^[1]

Genera

Genera in the family Epirobiidae include:

• Epirobia Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus of the family Epirobiidae, 13 species ^[1]
• Propilsbrya Bartsch, 1906 - two species ^[1]
• Pectinistemma Rehder, 1940 - five species ^[1]
• Gyrocion Pilsbry, 1904 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Gyrocion mirabilis (Pilsbry, 1904) ^[1]
• Prionoloplax Pilsbry, 1953 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Prionoloplax odontoplax (Pilsbry, 1953) ^[1]

References

1. Thompson F. G. (2012). "The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51: 167-215. PDF.