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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: Limacoidei
Superfamilia: Gastrodontoidea

Familia: Oxychilidae
Subfamiliae (5): DaudebardiinaeGodwiniinaeNastiinaeOxychilinaeSelenochlamydinae

Genera Incertae sedis (2): Glyphyalus – Pilsbryna
Overview of genera (23 + 1†)

Allogenes – Araboxychilus – Carpathica – Cellariopsis – Cibania – Conulopolita – Daudebardia – Discoxychilus – Eopolita – Gastranodon – Glyphyalus – Iranoxychilus – Lyrodiscus – Mediterranea – Morlina – Nastia – Oxychilus – Pilsbryna – Pseudopolita – Schistophallus – Selenochlamys – Sinoxychilus – Vitrinoxychilus – †Pachyretinella
Name

Oxychilidae Hesse, 1927 (1879)
References

Hesse, P. 1927. Unsere Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken, 3rd ed.: 47.
Bouchet, P. & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1-2): 268.
Wu, M. & Liu, Z-P. 2019. The first proven oxychilid land snail endemic to China (Eupulmonata, Gastrodontoidea). Zookeys 870: 33–50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.870.32903 Reference page.

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Oxychilidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.
Distribution

The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.[2]
Taxonomy

The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

Subfamily Oxychilinae Hesse, 1927 (1879) - synonyms: Helicellinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (inv.); Hyalininae Clessin, 1876 (inv.); Hyaliniinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879; Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
Subfamily Daudebardiinae Kobelt, 1906
Subfamily Godwiniinae Cooke, 1921
Subfamily Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989

Genera

Genera within the Oxychilidae include:

subfamily Oxychilinae

Allogenes Gude, 1911
Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977
Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914
Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879
Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966
Eopolita Pollonera, 1916
Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889
Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998
Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[3]
Morlina A. J. Wagner 1914[4] - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[3]
Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833[4]
subgenus Oxychilus Fitzinger 1833[3]
subgenus Riedelius Hudec 1961[3]
Pseudopolita Germain, 1908
Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963

subfamily Daudebardiinae

Carpathica A. J. Wagner, 1895[5]
Daudebardia Hartmann, 1821[4][5] - type genus of the subfamily Daudebardiinae

subfamily Nastiinae

Nastia Riedel, 1989
Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the 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

Hesse P. (1927). Unsere Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken, 3rd ed.: 47.
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.
"Oxychilus". Molluscs of central Europe, accessed 4 September 2010.
Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. (2001). Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe. München: Friedrich-Held-Gesellschaft, 267 pp.
"Daudebardiidae". Molluscs of central Europe, accessed 4 September 2010.

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