Vitrinidae

Vitrinidae
Unidentified member of the family
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Limacoidea
Family:	Vitrinidae Fitzinger, 1833
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Phenacolimacinae Schileyko, 1986 Semilimacinae Schileyko, 1986

Three shells of Eucobresia diaphana , scale bar in mm

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). ^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of the Vitrinidae includes the Nearctic, western Palearctic, eastern Palearctic, and Ethiopian zones, as well as Hawaii. ^[2]

Anatomy

Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table). ^[3]

Genera

Genera in the family Vitrinidae include: ^[4]

• † Planellavitrina Margry, 2018
• † Provitrina Wenz, 1919

Subfamily Plutoniinae T. Cockerell, 1893

• Arabivitrina Thiele, 1931
• Azorivitrina Giusti, Fiorentino, Benocci & Manganelli, 2011
• Calidivitrina Pilsbry, 1919
• Canarivitrina Valido & M. R. Alonso, 2000
• Guerrina Odhner, 1954
• Insulivitrina P. Hesse, 1923
• Madeirovitrina Groh & Hemmen, 1986
• Megavitrina Bank, Menkhorst & Neubert, 2016
• Phenacolimax Stabile, 1859
• Plutonia Morelet, 1864
• Sanettivitrina Pfarrer, Rowson, Tattersfield & Neubert, 2021
• Sardovitrina Manganelli & Giusti, 2005

Subfamily Vitrininae Fitzinger, 1833

• Eucobresia H. B. Baker, 1929
• Hessemilimax Schileyko, 1986
• Oligolimax P. Fischer, 1878
• Semilimacella Soós, 1917
• Semilimax Gray, 1847
• Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801
• Vitrinobrachium Künkel, 1929

Synonyms

• BalcanovitrinaOšanova & L. Pintér, 1968: synonym of SemilimacellaSoós, 1917
• ChlamydeaWesterlund, 1886: synonym of SemilimaxGray, 1847
• CobresiaHübner, 1810: synonym of VitrinaDraparnaud, 1801
• GallandiaBourguignat, 1880: synonym of OligolimaxP. Fischer, 1878
• HelicolimaxJ. Férussac, 1807: synonym of VitrinaDraparnaud, 1801
• HyalinaS. Studer, 1820: synonym of VitrinaDraparnaud, 1801 (non Schumacher, 1817)
• PaganaGistel, 1848: synonym of VitrinaDraparnaud, 1801
• TargioniaP. Hesse, 1923: synonym of SemilimacellaSoós, 1917
• TozzettiaP. Hesse, 1924: synonym of SemilimacellaSoós, 1917
• TrochovitrinaO. Boettger, 1880: synonym of OligolimaxP. Fischer, 1878 (junior synonym)
• VitrinopugioIhering, 1892: synonym of SemilimaxGray, 1847 (unavailable; objective junior synonym)
• VitriplutoniaCollinge, 1893: synonym of PlutoniaMorelet, 1864

Cladogram

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade: ^[2]

limacoid clade	Staffordioidea Staffordiidae Dyakioidea Dyakiidae Gastrodontoidea Pristilomatidae Chronidae Euconulidae Trochomorphidae Gastrodontidae Oxychilidae Parmacelloidea Trigonochlamydidae Parmacellidae Milacidae Zonitoidea Zonitidae Helicarionoidea Helicarionidae Ariophantidae Urocyclidae Limacoidea Vitrinidae Boettgerillidae Limacidae Agriolimacidae

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitrinidae Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875674 on 2022-02-01
2. Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi : 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
3. 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.
4. "Vitrinidae (family in Limacoidea)". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 20 March 2021.

• Schileyko, A. A. (1986). Sistema i filogeniya Vitrinidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata). In: Y. I. Starobogatov & Schileyko, A. A. (eds.), Morfologicheskie i ekologicheskie osnovy sistematiki molljuskov. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. 148: 124-157. Leningrad

External links

• Fitzinger, L.J. (1833). Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben. Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreichs's unter der Enns, 3: 88-122. Wien
• Pfarrer, B., Rowson, B., Tattersfield, P. & Neubert, E. (2021). Phylogenetic position of African Vitrinidae: Old family groups unraveled. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2021: 1–19.

• Media related to Vitrinidae at Wikimedia Commons