Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
SuperOrdo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
SubOrdo: Helicina
InfraOrdo: Helicoidei
Superfamilia: Helicoidea
Familia: Elonidae
Subfamiliae (1 + 1†): Eloninae – †Klikiinae
Genera Incertae sedis (7): †Cyrtochilus – †Eurystrophe – †Joossia – †Lychnopsis – †Megalocochlea – †Papillotopsis – †Puisseguria
Overview of genera (2 + 12†)
Elona – Norelona – †Apula – †Cyrtochilus – †Eurystrophe – †Galactochiloides – †Joossia – †Klikia – †Lychnopsis – †Megalocochlea – †Papillotopsis – †Pseudochloritis – †Puisseguria – †Tropidomphalus
Name
Elonidae Gittenberger, 1979
Type Genus: Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
References
Gittenberger, E. 1979. On Elona (Pulonata, Elonidae fam. nov.). Malacologia 18: 139–145.
Schileyko, A.A. 2004. Treatise on Recent pulmonate molluscs. Part 12. Ruthenica (Suppl. 2): 1627–1763.
Links
Elonidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Elonidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies and genera
The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Eloninae Gittenberger, 1977
Klikiinae H. Nordsieck, 1986[2]
Genera
Genera in the family Elonidae include:
† Cyrtochilus F. Sandberger, 1875
† Eurystrophe Gude, 1911
†Joossia Pfeffer, 1930
† Lychnopsis Vidal, 1917
† Megalocochlea Wenz, 1919
† Papillotopsis H. Binder, 2017
† Puisseguria Schlickum, 1975
Eloninae
The type genus is Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. It is a monotypic genus, with only one Species: Elona quimperiana
† Galactochiloides Wenz, 1919
Norelona Nordsieck, 1986
Norelona pyrenaica (Draparnaud, 1805)
† Tropidomphalus Pilsbry, 1895
Klikiinae
† Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909
† Klikia Pilsbry, 1895[3]
† Pseudochloritis C. R. Boettger, 1909
Synonyms
Sterna Albers, 1850: synonym of Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 ((Invalid: junior homonym of Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 [Aves]))
† Steklovia Schlickum & Strauch, 1972: synonym of † Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 † (junior subjective synonym)
References
Gittenberger E. (1979) "On Elona (Pulmonata, Eloniadae fam. nov.)". Malacologia 18(1-2), Sixth European Malacological Congress, Amsterdam, 139-145.
(in German) Nordsieck H. (1986) "Das System der tertiären Helicoidea Mittel- und Westeuropas (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Heldia, 1(4): 109-120, plates 15-17, description at page 116.
Tryon G. W. (1894) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 9. Helicidae - Volume VII. Continued by H. A. Pilsbry, page 289.
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