Ferussaciidae

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Ferussaciidae
Temporal range: Upper Eocene-Recent [1]
Cecilioides acicula.jpg
Two fresh shells of Cecilioides acicula , scale bar in mm
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Ferussaciidae
Bourguignat, 1883 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864
  • Ferrussacidae Bourguignat, 1883 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Ferrussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883 (incorrect spelling)

Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea. [3] [4]

Contents

This family has no subfamilies. [3] The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864. However, the latter has been declared as a nomen oblitum because it had not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a nomen protectum. [3]

Distribution

The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas, Hawaii and tropical Asia. [1]

Fossil record

Cecilioides sommeri is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin). [5]

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table). [6]

Genera

Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include: (The following unreferenced, unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))

Related Research Articles

<i>Cecilioides</i> Genus of gastropods

Cecilioides is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.

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<i>Cecilioides acicula</i> Species of gastropod

Cecilioides acicula, common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enidae</span> Family of gastropods

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cochlicopidae</span> Family of gastropods

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vitrinidae</span> Family of gastropods

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gastrodontidae</span> Family of gastropods

Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Strophocheilidae</span> Family of gastropods

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Achatinoidea</span> Superfamily of gastropods

The Achatinoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.

<i>Brasilennea</i> Extinct genus of gastropods

Brasilennea is a fossil genus of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Cerionidae. The genus is known only from the Brazilian Paleocene Itaboraí Basin, in Rio de Janeiro. The most characteristic feature of the genus is its two spiral furrows on the body whorl.

<i>Eoborus</i> Extinct genus of gastropods

Eoborus is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Strophocheilidae. Eoborus is the oldest fossil record of Strophocheilidae, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil and Uruguay. The Brazilian species, alongside Eoborus charruanus from Uruguay, are the oldest fossil record of the family.

<i>Brasilennea arethusae</i> Extinct species of gastropod

Brasilennea arethusae is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerionidae, from the Paleocene Itaboraí Basin, Brazil. Brasilennea arethusae is the largest species in the genus Brasilennea. It was one of the first fossils found in Itaboraí Basin and its name makes reference to the fact that it is a terrestrial species: the name is in honor of Arethusa, a sylvan nymph and one of the Hesperides from Greek mythology.

<i>Eoborus sanctijosephi</i> Extinct species of gastropod

Eoborus sanctijosephi is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae, from the Paleocene Itaboraí Basin, Brazil. Eoborus sanctijosephi is a large species in the genus Eoborus. Its name makes reference to the place of discovery: the São José de Itaboraí municipality, where Itaboraí Basin is located.

<i>Plagiodontes dentatus</i> Species of gastropod

Plagiodontes dentatus is a recent species of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Orthalicidae, subfamily Odontostominae. It occurs in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.

<i>Itaborahia</i> Extinct genus of gastropods

Itaborahia is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Bulimulidae. The genus is known only from the Brazilian Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

<i>Cecilioides sommeri</i> Extinct species of gastropod

Cecilioides sommeri is a fossil species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae, from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil. This is the oldest known species in the family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gastrocoptidae</span> Family of gastropods

Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

<i>Hohenwartiana</i> Genus of gastropods

Hohenwartiana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.

References

  1. 1 2 "Family summary for Ferussaciidae". AnimalBase, last modified 16 August 2007, accessed 7 April 2011.
  2. Bourguignat J. R. (1883). Historie malacologique de l'Abyssinie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 6, 15 (Art. 2): 120.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  4. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413333 on 2020-05-02
  5. Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 53 (2): 5–46. doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001 .
  6. 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.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Genera in family Ferussaciidae" (n = 8). AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2011.

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