Pyramidulidae

Pyramidulidae
Five shells of Pyramidula rupestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Pyramidulidae Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1914

Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. ^[1]

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table). ^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Pyramidulidae include:

• Pyramidula Fitzinger, 1833 - the type genus

Synonyms

• CraterePorro, 1838: synonym of PyramidulaFitzinger, 1833
• PyramidulopsHabe, 1956: synonym of PyramidulaFitzinger, 1833

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyramidulidae Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842725 on 2022-03-15
2. 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.

External links

• Harl J., Haring E., Asami T., Sittenthaler M., Sattmann H. & Páll-Gergely B. (2017). Molecular systematics of the land snail family Orculidae reveal paraphyly and deep splits within the clade Orthurethra (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(4): 778-794

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