Hygromiidae

Hygromiidae
A live individual of Trochulus hispidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866
Type genus
Hygromia
Different genera of family Hygromiidae
Ashfordiana Candidula Caseolus Cernuella Discula Euomphalia Helicella Helicodonta Helicopsis Monacha Monachoides Perforatella Petasina Ponentina Plicuteria Pseudotrichia Trochulus (syn. Trichia) Trochoidea Urticicola Xerolenta Zenobiella

Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.

Anatomy

Some snails in genera within this family create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).

Taxonomy

The family Hygromiidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

• subfamily Hygromiinae Tryon, 1866
  • tribe Hygromiini Tryon, 1866 - synonym: Cernuellini Schileyko, 1991
  • tribe Archaicini Schileyko, 1978
  • tribe Helicellini Ihering, 1909 - synonym: Jacostidae Pilsbry, 1948 (inv.)
  • tribe Leptaxini C. Boettger, 1909
  • tribe Metafruticicolini Schileyko, 1972
  • tribe Trochulini Lindholm, 1927 - synonym: Trichiinae Ložek, 1956; Helicopsini H. Nordsieck, 1987
• subfamily Ciliellinae Schileyko, 1970 - synonym: Canariellini Schileyko, 1991
• subfamily Geomitrinae C. Boettger, 1909
  • tribe Geomitrini C. Boettger, 1909 - synonym: Ochthephilinae Zilch, 1960 (n.a.)
  • tribe Paedhoplitini Schileyko, 1978
  • tribe Trochoideini H. Nordsieck, 1987
• subfamily Monachainae Wenz, 1930 (1904) - Carthusianini Kobelt, 1904; Euomphaliinae Schileyko, 1978; Hesseolinae schileyko, 1991
• subfamily Ponentininae Schileyko, 1991

Genera

Genera with the family Hygromiidae include:

The type genus of this family is Hygromia Risso, 1826.

subfamily Hygromiinae

• Caucasigena Lindholm, 1927
• Caucasocressa P. Hesse, 1921
• Circassina P. Hesse, 1921
• Diodontella Lindholm, 1929
• Dioscuria Lindholm, 1927
• Fruticocampylaea Kobelt, 1871
• Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833
• Hygrohelicopsis Schileyko, 1978
• Kalitinaia Hudec & Lezhawa, 1967
• Kokotschashvilia Hudec & Lezhawa, 1969
• Lozekia Hudec, 1970
• Noneulota Schileyko & Horsák, 2007
• Shileykoia Hudec, 1969
• Teberdinia Schileyko, 1978

• tribe Hygromiini
  • Hygromia Risso, 1826
  • Zenobiella Gude & Woodward, 1921 - with the only species Zenobiella subrufescens (Miller, 1822)
  • Cernuella Schlüter, 1838
    • subgenus Xerocincta Monterosato, 1892
• tribe Archaicini
• tribe Helicellini
  • Helicella Férussac, 1821
  • Candidula Kobelt, 1871
  • Cernuella Schlüter, 1838
  • Xerolenta Monterosato, 1892
  • Xeromunda Monterosato, 1892
  • Xeropicta Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892
• tribe Leptaxini
  • Pseudotrichia Likharev, 1949
  • Monachoides Gude & Woodward, 1921
• tribe Metafruticicolini
  • Metafruticicola Ihering, 1892
• tribe Trochulini
  • Trochulus Chemnitz, 1786 - synonym: Trichia
• tribe incerta
  • Xerosecta Monterosato, 1892
    • Xeromagna Monterosato, 1892
  • Microxeromagna Ortiz De Zárate López, 1950

subfamily Ciliellinae

• Canariella Hesse, 1918

subfamily Geomitrinae

• tribe Geomitrini
  • Actinella R. T. Lowe, 1852
  • Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852
  • Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852
  • Disculella Pilsbry, 1895
  • Hystricella R. T. Lowe 1855
  • Geomitra Swainson, 1840
  • Heterostoma W. Hartmann, 1843
  • Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855
  • Lemniscia R. T. Lowe, 1855
  • Moreletina de Frias Martins, 2002
  • Pseudocampylaea L. Pfeiffer, 1877
  • Serratorotula Groh & Hemmen, 1986
  • Spirorbula R. T. Lowe, 1852
• tribe Paedhoplitini
• tribe Trochoideini
  • Trochoidea T. Brown, 1827
  • Xerocrassa Monterosato, 1892

subfamily Monachainae

• • Monacha Fitzinger, 1833 - type genus of the subfamily Monachainae
    • subgenus Eutheba Nordsieck, 1993
  • Ashfordia Taylor, 1917
  • Euomphalia Westerlund, 1889
  • Harmozica Lindholm, 1927
  • Hesseola Lindholm, 1927
• Jasonella Lindholm, 1927
• Karabaghia Lindholm, 1927
• Oscarboettgeria Lindholm, 1927

subfamily Ponentininae

• Plentuisa Puente & Prieto, 1992
• Ponentina P. Hesse, 1921

subfamily ?

• • Helicodonta
  • Perforatella
  • Petasina
  • Plicuteria
  • Montserratina
  • Tyrrheniella
  • Urticicola

External links

• A page of images of shells of species in the family

• 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.
• "Caucasian Land Snails". accessed May 2, 2014.
• "Lozekia Hudec 1970". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
• Schileyko A. A. & Horsák M. (2007). "A new genus and two new species of Hygromiidae (Pulmonata) from southern Siberia". Ruthenica 17(1-2): 69-72. abstract.
• Cucherat X. & Demuynck S. (2006). "Catalogue annoté des Gastéropodes terrestres (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de la région Nord - Pas-de-Calais". MalaCo, Bulletin de la Malacologie Continentale Française, (2): page 81. http://www.journal-malaco.fr/page-5.html
• "Geomitrini". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 4 August 2011.
• "Trochoidea T. Brown 1827". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
• "Plentuisa Puente & Prieto 1992". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
• "Ponentina P. Hesse 1921". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.