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: Helicoidei
Superfamilia: Helicoidea
Familia: Sphincterochilidae
Subfamiliae (1 + 1†): Sphincterochilinae – †Pseudoleptaxinae
Genus Incertae sedis (1): Wenzia
Overview of genera (2 + 4†)
Sphincterochila – Wenzia – †Asensidea – †Dentellocaracolus – †Fridolinia – †Pseudoleptaxis
Name
Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1886)
References
Abbes, I.; Nouira, S.; Neubert, E. 2011: Sphincterochilidae from Tunisia, with a note on the subgenus Rima Pallary, 1910 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). ZooKeys, 151: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.151.2264
Zilch, A. 1959–1960. Gastropoda Teil 2. Euthyneura. in: Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.): Handbuch der Paläozoologie. 6 (2, 1): 1–200 (17 July 1959); (2, 2): 201–400 (25 November 1959); (2, 3): 401–600 (30 March 1960); (2, 4): 601–834, I-XII (15 August 1960). Borntraeger, Berlin. Reference page.
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Sphincterochilidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
In the fossil record, Sphincterochilidae are known from the upper Eocene to the Holocene.[3]
Distribution
The distribution of Sphincterochilidae includes the western-Palearctic zone.[4]
Taxonomy
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):[2]
subfamily Sphincterochilinae Zilch, 1960 (1910) - synonyms: Calcarinidae Pallary, 1909[5] (inv.); Albeidae Pallary, 1910.[6] Sphincterochilidae is a conserved name to take the priority of Leucochroidae Westerlund, 1886.[7][2][8]
subfamily † Pseudoleptaxinae H. Nordsieck, 1986[9]
Genera
Genera within the family Sphincterochilidae include:
Sphincterochilinae
† Asensidea Calzada, 2003
Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887 - type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae[2]
† Pseudoleptaxinae
† Dentellocaracolus Oppenheim, 1890
† Fridolinia Pilsbry, 1895 †
† Pseudoleptaxis Pilsbry, 1895[10] - type genus o the subfamily Pseudoleptaxinae[2]
† Wenzia Pfeffer, 1930
Ecology
Sphincterochilidae land snails are xerothermophilous, i.e. they are well adapted to hot, arid places.[3]
References
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Zilch A. M. (1960). Handbuch der Paläozoologie 6(4): 601-835. page 663.
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.
"Family summary for Sphincterochilidae". AnimalBase, last modified 27 August 2005, accessed 10 April 2009.
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.
Pallary P. M. (1909). "Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'Egypte". Mémoires présentés à l'Institut Égyptien 6(1): 1-92, plates 1-5. page 12.
Pallary P. M. (1910). "Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'Egypte. Additions et corrections". Mémoires présentés à l'Institut Égyptien 6(2): 177-182. page 178.
Bouchet P. & Rocroi J. P. (2004). "Thebini Wenz, 1923, Monachainae Wenz, 1930 (1904), and Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1910): proposed conservation (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61(3): 154-161.
ICZN (2006). "OPINION 2135 (Case 3261) THEBINI Wenz, 1923, MONACHAINAE/MONACHAINI Wenz, 1930 (1904), and SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE Zilch, 1960 (1910) (Mollusca, Gastropoda): conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63(1): 56-58. abstract.
Nordsieck H. (1986). "Das System der tertiären Helicoidea Mittel- und Westeuropas (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Heldia 1(4): 109-120, plates 15-17. page 116.
Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1894). Manual of Conchology (2)9: 294.
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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