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 (2005):- 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 OxychilinaeAllogenes Gude, 1911Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966Eopolita Pollonera, 1916Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of OxychilusMorlina A. J. Wagner 1914 - sometimes as a subgenus of OxychilusOxychilus Fitzinger, 1833
- * subgenus Oxychilus Fitzinger 1833
- * subgenus Riedelius Hudec 1961Pseudopolita Germain, 1908Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963
Subfamily NastiinaeNastia Riedel, 1989Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914
Subfamily incertae sedisSelenochlamys Boettger, 1883