Chilina
Chilina is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Chilinoidea.
Chilina is the only genus in the family Chilinidae.
Distribution
Chilinidae occupies the temperate and cold zones of South America from the Tropic of Capricorn to Cape Horn and Falkland Islands. Distribution of Chilina include Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil.Taxonomy
The family Chilinidae has been classified in the clade Hygrophila within the informal group Basommatophora. There are no subfamilies.Species
Species within the genus Chilina include:Chilina acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874Chilina amoena E. A. Smith, 1882Chilina ampullacea G. B. Sowerby I, 1838Chilina angusta Chilina aurantia Marshall, 1924Chilina bullocki W. B. Marshall, 1933Chilina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1835Chilina campylaxis Pilsbry, 1911Chilina cuyana Gutiérrez Gregoric, Ciocco & Rumi, 2014Chilina dombeiana Chilina elegans Frauenfeld, 1865Chilina falklandica Cooper & PrestonChilina fasciata Chilina fluctuosa : nomen inquirendumChilina fluminea Chilina fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905Chilina fulgurata Pilsbry, 1911Chilina fusca Mabille, 1884Chilina gallardoi Castellanos & Gaillard, 1981Chilina gibbosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1841Chilina globosa Frauenfeld, 1881Chilina guaraniana Castellanos & Miquel, 1980Chilina iguazuensis Gregoric & Rumi, 2008Chilina lebruni Mabille, 1884Chilina lilloi Ovando & Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2012Chilina limnaeiformis Dall, 1870Chilina llanquihuensis W. B. Marshall, 1933Chilina major G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 Chilina megastoma Hylton Scott, 1958Chilina mendozana Ströbel, 1874Chilina minuta Haas, 1951Chilina monticola Strebel, 1907Chilina nervosa Chilina neuquenensis Marshall, 1933Chilina obovata Chilina olivacea W. B. Marshall, 1924Chilina ovalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1838Chilina parchappii Chilina parva Martens, 1868Chilina patagonica Sowerby II, 1874Chilina perrieri Mabille, 1833Chilina portillensis Hidalgo, 1880Chilina puelcha d'Orbigny, 1838Chilina pulchella d'Orbigny, 1835Chilina robustior G. B. Sowerby I, 1838Chilina rushii Pilsbry, 1911Chilina sanjuanina Gutiérrez Gregoric, Ciocco & Rumi, 2014Chilina smithi Pilsbry, 1911Chilina strebeli Pilsbry, 1911Chilina subcylindrica G. B. Sowerby II, 1874Chilina tehuelcha d'Orbigny, 1837Chilina tenuis G. B. Sowerby I, 1838Chilina tucumanensis Castellanos & Miquel, 1980Ecology
Within their area, the Chilinidae are abundant snails in all suitable stations, as Physidae are in North America. They swarm in springs, small streams, lakes, and in some places the margins of rivers. They are most abundant southward, becoming rarer and local toward the northern borders of their range.Chilina gibbosa and Chilina fluminea are medically important, because they transfer parasites causing dermatitis.