Epiphragmophorinae
Epiphragmophorinae is a subfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Xanthonychidae. This family has no subfamilies.
Shileyko listed 40 species within Epiphragmophorinae. There are about 65 recognized species within Epiphragmophorinae in 2017.
Anatomy
This family is defined by the absence of a diverticulum. These snails have one dart apparatus with a stylophore, and one or two mucous glands that are inserted on the dart sac and on the accessory sac, or at the base of the dart sac.
Genera within the family Epiphragmophorinae include:Angrandiella Ancey, 1886Dinotropis Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937Doeringina Ihering, 1929Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874 - the type genus of the family Epiphragmophoridae. It occurs from Argentina to Bolivia.Minaselates Cuezzo & Pena, 2017 - with the only species Minaselates paradoxa Cuezzo & Pena, 2017Pilsbrya Ancey, 1887 - synonym: Poecilostola Ancey 1886