Family of gastropods
Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata. [1]
Distribution
Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.[2]
Genera
Genera within the family Chronidae include:
- Antinous Robson, 1914
- Atrichoconcha Bartsch, 1942
- Bekkochlamys Habe, 1958
- Ceratochlamys Habe, 1946
- Chronos Robson, 1914 - type * of the family Chronidae
- Danjochlamys Y. Azuma & M. Azuma, 1993
- Exrhysota H. B. Baker, 1941
- Gastrodontella Möllendorff, 1901
- Glyptobensonia Möllendorff, 1894
- Hemiglypta Möllendorff, 1893
- Hemiglyptopsis Thiele, 1931
- Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956
- Japanochlamys Habe, 1946
- Kaliella W. T. Blanford, 1863
- Lamarckiella Möllendorff, 1898
- Lepidotrichia Bartsch, 1942
- Macroceras C. Semper, 1870
- Nesokaliella Gerlach, 1998 - endemic to the Seychelles
- Nipponochlamys Habe, 1945
- Otesiopsis Habe, 1946
- Parakaliella Habe, 1946
- Pararyssota Bartsch, 1938
- Platymma Tomlin, 1938
- Ponapea H. B. Baker, 1941
- Pseudhelicarion Möllendorff, 1894
- Pseudokaliella Godwin-Austen, 1910
- Ryssota Albers, 1850
- Striokaliella Thiele, 1931
- Takemasaia Azuma & Minato, 1976
- Trichobensonia Möllendorff, 1902
- Trochochlamys Habe, 1946
- Trukrhysa H. B. Baker, 1941
- Vitrinoidea C. Semper, 1873
- Vitrinopsis C. Semper, 1873
- Yamatochlamys Habe, 1945
- Synonyms
- Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)
- Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name)
- Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:[2]
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chronidae Thiele, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994726 on 2021-02-22
- ^ a b 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.
- 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.
External links
- Pfeffer, G. (1878). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Schnecken. I. Die Naniniden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 5: 251-276
