Glacidorbidae

Glacidorbidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Glacidorboidea Ponder, 1986 [1]
Family:	Glacidorbidae Ponder, 1986 [1]
Diversity [2]
20 freshwater species

The Glacidorbidae is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails. ^[3]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Glacidorbidae is the only family in the superfamily Glacidorboidea. ^[4] Glacidorboidea has been classified within the informal group Lower Heterobranchia in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005). ^[4]

2010 taxonomy

Jörger et al. (2010) ^[3] redefined the major groups within the Heterobranchia; they moved Glacidorboidea to Panpulmonata. ^[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Glacidorbidae include: ^[5]

• Glacidorbis Iredale, 1943 – the type genus
• Gondwanorbis Ponder, 1986
• Benthodorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000
• Striadorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000
• Tasmodorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000

References

1. Ponder W. F. (1986). "Glacidorbidae (Glacidorbacea: Basommatophora), a new family and superfamily of operculate freshwater gastropods". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 87(1): 53-83. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01330.x.
2. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl: 10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
3. Jörger K. M., Stöger I., Kano Y., Fukuda H., Knebelsberger T. & Schrödl M. (2010). "On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 323. doi : 10.1186/1471-2148-10-323 .
4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
5. Ponder, W. F., Avern, G. J. (2000). The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum52(3): 307–353. Full text Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine , abstract Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

• Ponder W. F. & Avern G. J. (2000) "The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia". Records of the Australian Museum52: 307–353. HTM Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine