Orthalicoidea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Orthalicoidei
Superfamilia: Orthalicoidea
Familiae (7 + †1): Amphibulimidae – Bothriembryontidae – Bulimulidae – Megaspiridae – Odontostomidae – Orthalicidae – Simpulopsidae – †Vidaliellidae

Name

Orthalicoidea Martens, 1860

References
Primary references

Albers, J.C. [MS edited by von Martens, E.] 1860. Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. ed. 2. Engelmann: Leipzig. xviii + 359 pp.

Additional references

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397. BHL Reference page.
Breure, A.S.H. 2011. Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 101: 1–50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.101.1133
Breure, A.S.H. & Romero, P.E. 2012. Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 141(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020 Reference page.
Breure, A.S.H. 2013. Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. ZooKeys 279: 1–101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.279.4701 Reference page.
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P., Hausdorf, B., Kaim, A., Kano, Y., Nützel, A., Parkhaev, P., Schrödl, M., & Strong, E.E. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1–2): 1–526. DOI: 10.4002/040.061.0201Reference page.

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Orthalicoidea in the World Register of Marine Species

The Orthalicoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Orthalicoidei of the suborder Helicina[2]
Distribution

The Orthalicoidea is a dominant faunal element in the Neotropics, but also has a number of genera with a Gondwanan distribution.[1]
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy

This taxonomy, as accepted by Bouchet & Rocroi, was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986,[3] and the classification as formulated by Schileyko in 1999.[4] However Bouchet & Rocroi diverged from this classification in uniting the families Bulimulidae and Orthalacidae. They also considered the family Placostylidae as a distinct family from Orthalicidae, and the family Coelociontidae a distinct family from Urocoptidae. However, the position of the families Megaspiridae and Grangerellidae is doubtful.[5]

The following seven families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

Family Cerionidae Pilsbry, 1901
Family Coelociontidae Iredale, 1937
† Family Grangerellidae Russell, 1931
Family Megaspiridae Pilsbry, 1904
Family Orthalicidae Albers, 1860
Family Placostylidae Pilsbry, 1946
Family Urocoptidae Pilsbry, 1898 (1868)
Vidaliellidae H. Nordsieck, 1986 †

2008 taxonomy

Uit de Weerd moved two families Urocoptidae and Cerionidae to newly established superfamily Urocoptoidea based on molecular phylogeny research in 2008.[6]
2009 taxonomy

Family Prestonellidae van Bruggen, 1978 - A study by Herbert and Mitchell, published in 2009, places this enigmatic family, of which the phylogenetic relationships were previously unknown, in the Gondwanan superfamily Orthalicoidea,[7] while it was previously tentatively placed as a synonym of Aillyidae.[5]
2010 taxonomy

Breure et al. (2010)[8] moved Prestonella and Bothriembryon to Placostylidae and they elevated Bulimulinae to Bulimulidae, Odontostomini to Odontostomidae, Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.[8] They also removed Coelociontidae from Orthalicoidea.[8]
2012 taxonomy

Breure & Romero (2012)[9] confirmed previous results from 2010, additionally they elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae, renamed Placostylidae to Bothriembryontidae.[9] Therefore, there are recognized seven extant[9] families and one extinct[5] family within Orthalicoidea:

Amphibulimidae P. Fischer, 1873
Bothriembryontidae Iredale, 1937
Bulimulidae Tryon, 1867
† Grangerellidae Russell, 1931
Megaspiridae Pilsbry, 1904
Odontostomidae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
Orthalicidae Albers, 1860
Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999
† Vidaliellidae H. Nordsieck, 1986

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference[1]

Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.101.1133.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870047 on 2021-02-05
Nordsieck H. (1986). "The system of the Stylommatophora (Gastropoda), with special regard to the systematic position of the Clausiliidae, II. Importance of the shell and distribution". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 117 (1–3): 93–116.
Schileyko A. A. (1998–2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs". Ruthenica. suppl. 2: 1–1626.
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.
Uit de Weerd D. R. (2008). "Delimitation and phylogenetics of the highly diverse land snail family Urocoptidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) based on 28S rRNA sequence data: A reunion with Cerion". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 317-329. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn023.
Herbert D. G. & Mitchell A. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic land snail genus Prestonella: the missing African element in the Gondwanan superfamily Orthalicoidea (Mollusca: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 96 (1): 203–221. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01109.x.
Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". Basteria 74(1-3): 25-31.

Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.