Ferussaciidae

Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.
This family has no subfamilies. The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864. However, the latter has been declared as a nomen oblitum because it had not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a nomen protectum.

Distribution

The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas, Hawaii and tropical Asia.

Cecilioides sommeri is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30.

Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include: Amphorella Lowe, 1852Calaxis Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887Cecilioides Férussac, 1814

Coilostele Benson, 1864Conollya Odhner, 1932Cylichnidia R. T. Lowe, 1852Digoniaxis Jousseaume, 1889Ferussacia Risso, 1826 - type genus of the family FerussaciidaeGeostilbia Crosse, 1867Hohenwartiana Bourguignat, 1864Karolus Folin, 1870Pseudocalaxis Pallary, 1912Sculptiferussacia Germain, 1911