Lithoglyphidae


Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
This family is in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Taxonomy

Taylor, Ponder & Warén and Kabat & Hershler considered this taxon as a subfamily Lithoglyphinae within Hydrobiidae. Radoman considered Lithoglyphidae as a separate family. Bernasconi considered this taxon as a tribe Lithoglyphini in the Hydrobiinae within Hydrobiidae.

2005 taxonomy

The family Lithoglyphidae consists of 2 subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. It follows Wilke et al., Hausdorf et al. and includes Lepyriidae according to Thompson.
  • subfamily Lithoglyphinae Tryon, 1866 - synonyms: Fluminicolinae Clessin, 1880; Lepyriidae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951
  • subfamily Benedictiinae Clessin, 1880

    Genera

  • Subfamily Benedictiinae
  • *Benedictia W. Dybowski, 1875
  • **Benedictia Lindholm, 1927
  • **Benedictia W. Dybowski, 1875
  • *Kobeltocochlea Lindholm, 1909
  • *Pseudobenedictia Sitnikova, 1987
  • *Yaroslawiella Sitnikova, 2001
  • Subfamily Lithoglyphinae
  • *Antrorbis Hershler & Thompson, 1990
  • *Clappia Walker, 1909
  • *Dabriana Radoman, 1974
  • *Fluminicola Stimpson, 1865, synonymised with:
  • **Fluminicola Stimpson, 1865
  • **Heathilla Hannibal, 1912
  • *Gillia Stimpson, 1865
  • *Holsingeria Hershler, 1989
  • *Lepyrium Dall, 1896
  • *Lithoglyphus C. Pfeiffer, 1828
  • *Phreatodrobia Hershler & Longley, 1986
  • *Pristinicola Hershler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & F. G. Thompson, 1994
  • *Pterides Pilsbry, 1909
  • *Somatogyrus Gill, 1863