Strophocheilidae

Strophocheilidae Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Apertural view of a shell of Strophocheilus oblongus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Rhytidoidea
Family:	Strophocheilidae Pilsbry, 1902
Type genus
Strophocheilus

Strophocheilidae 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). ^[2]

Fossil record

The genus Eoborus is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin) ^{[1] [3]} and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin). ^[4]

Genera

The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:

subfamily Strophocheilinae Pilsbry, 1902

• Austroborus Parodiz, 1949
• Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926
• Mirinaba Morretes, 1952
• Speironepion Bequaert, 1948
• Strophocheilus Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae ^[2]

subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973

• Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae ^[2]

[unassigned] Strophocheilidae (temporary name):

• † Eoborus Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970
• † Maghrebiola Kadolsky & Hammouda, 2017

Genera brought into synonymy

• BorusAlbers, 1850: synonym of MegalobulimusK. Miller, 1878
• ConiclusAlbers, 1850: synonym of StrophocheilusSpix in J. A. Wagner, 1827
• Goniostomus auct.: synonym of GonyostomusH. Beck, 1837 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• GonyostomaSwainson, 1840: synonym of GonyostomusH. Beck, 1837
• MetaraMorretes, 1955: synonym of MirinabaMorretes, 1955
• MicroborusPilsbry, 1926: synonym of AustroborusParodiz, 1949 (unavailable, a junior homonym of Blandford, 1897 [Coleoptera])
• PhaiopharusMorretes, 1955: synonym of MegalobulimusK. Miller, 1878
• PsiloicusMorretes, 1955: synonym of MegalobulimusK. Miller, 1878

References

1. Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (1 June 2012). "New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology. 141 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050.
2. 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.
3. 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. doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001 .
4. Martínez, Sergio; Veroslavsky, Gerardo; Verde, Mariano (12 June 2017). "Primer registro del Paleoceno en el Uruguay: paleosuelos calcáreos fosilíferos en la cuenca de Santa Lucía" [irst Paleocene record in Uruguay: fossiliferous calcareous paleosols in the Santa Lucía basin]. Revista Brasileira de Geociências (in Spanish). 27 (3): 292–302.