Elonidae


Elonidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is within the clade Eupulmonata.

Subfamilies and genera

The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies :
Genera in the family Elonidae include:
  • Cyrtochilus F. Sandberger, 1875
  • Eurystrophe Gude, 1911
  • Joossia Pfeffer, 1930
  • Lychnopsis Vidal, 1917
  • Megalocochlea Wenz, 1919
  • Papillotopsis H. Binder, 2017
  • Puisseguria Schlickum, 1975
;Eloninae
;† Klikiinae
  • Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909
  • Klikia Pilsbry, 1895
  • Pseudochloritis C. R. Boettger, 1909
;Synonyms:
  • Sterna Albers, 1850: synonym of Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 )
  • Steklovia Schlickum & Strauch, 1972: synonym of † Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †