Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.
This family has no subfamilies.
Distribution
The distribution of the Gastrodontidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical and Hawaii. There are some representatives in Bermuda and Madeira.Anatomy
Some snail species in this family use love darts made of cartilage.In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30.
Genera
Genera within the family include:Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927- † Archaegopis Wenz in K. Fischer & Wenz, 1914 Atlantica Ancey, 1887Gastrodonta Albers, 1850Glyphyalinia E. von Martens, 1892Godwinia Sykes, 1900Janulus Lowe, 1852
- * Janulus bifrons
- * Janulus pompylius
- * Janulus stephanophorus Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819Nesovitrea C. M. Cooke, 1921Patulopsis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884 - Bermuda land snailPseudohyalina Morse, 1864Retinella P. Fischer, 1877Striatura E. S. Morse, 1864
- * Striatura milium Striaturops Baker, 1928Ventridens W. G. Binney & Bland, 1869
- † Vermetujanulus Walther & Groh, 2020 Vermetum Wollaston, 1878Vitrinizonites W.G. Binney, 1879Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862