Oxychilidae


Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

Distribution

The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.

Taxonomy

The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :
  • Subfamily Oxychilinae Hesse, 1927 - synonyms: Helicellinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 ; Hyalininae Clessin, 1876 ; Hyaliniinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879; Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
  • Subfamily Daudebardiinae Kobelt, 1906
  • Subfamily Godwiniinae Cooke, 1921
  • Subfamily Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989

    Genera

Genera within the Oxychilidae include:
Subfamily Oxychilinae
  • Allogenes Gude, 1911
  • Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977
  • Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914
  • Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879
  • Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966
  • Eopolita Pollonera, 1916
  • Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889
  • Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998
  • Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus
  • Morlina A. J. Wagner 1914 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus
  • Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833
  • * subgenus Oxychilus Fitzinger 1833
  • * subgenus Riedelius Hudec 1961
  • Pseudopolita Germain, 1908
  • Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963
Subfamily Daudebardiinae
Subfamily Nastiinae
  • Nastia Riedel, 1989
  • Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914
Subfamily incertae sedis
  • Selenochlamys Boettger, 1883

    Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families within the limacoid clade: