Canariellidae


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

Anatomy

The family is characterized by having a short flagellum and a stimulatory apparatus composed only of one to three single mucous glands.

Taxonomy

The family Canariellidae consists of:Canariella P. Hesse, 1918Debeauxhelix Bacci, 1943Montserratina Ortiz de Zarate Lopez, 1946Schileykiella Manganelli, Sparacio & Giusti, 1989Tyrrheniellina Giusti & Manganelli, 1992