Pristilomatidae


Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.
According to the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi these snails belong to the "limacoid clade", and Vitreinae is a synonym for Pristilomatidae, although Vitreinae used to be a subfamily of Zonitidae. Family Pristilomatidae has no subfamilies.

Distribution

The distribution of Pristilomatidae includes the Nearctic, the western-Palearctic and eastern Palearctic, the Neotropical, Polynesia and Hawaii.

Genera

Genera within the family Pristilomatidae include:Coreovitrea Riedel, 1967Gollumia Riedel, 1988Gyralina Andreae, 1902Hawaiia Gude, 1911Lindbergia Riedel, 1959Pristiloma Ancey, 1887 - type genus of the family PristilomatidaeSpinophallus Riedel, 1962Troglovitrea Negrea & Riedel, 1968Taurinellushka Balashov, 2014Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 - There are three subgenera in the genus Vitrea:
  • * subgenus Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833
  • * subgenus Subrimatus A. J. Wagner, 1907
  • * subgenus Crystallus R. T. Lowe, 1854Vermetum Wollaston, 1878

Cladogram

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