Subulininae
Subulininae is a subfamily of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the Subulinnae remains a source of discussion. It has been raised to the level of family under the name Achatinacea, later followed by Zilch and Vaught. This systematic classification was later revealed as polyphyletic. Molluscabase still considers it as a subfamily of Achatinidae.
Distribution
Worldwide.
Anatomy
In this subfamily, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35.
Genera in the subfamily Subulininae include:Allopeas H. B. Baker, 1935Beckianum Baker, 1961Curvella Chaper, 1885Dysopeas Baker, 1927Euonyma Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896Hypolysia Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882Leptinaria Beck, 1837Leptopeas Baker, 1927Micropeas Connolly, 1923Neoglessula Pilsbry, 1909Opeas Albers, 1850Paropeas Pilsbry, 1906Pelatrinia Pilsbry, 1907Prosopeas Mörch, 1876Pseudarinia Yen, 1952 Pseudoglessula Boettger, 1892Pseudopeas Putzeys, 1899Striosubulina Thiele, 1933Subulina Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily SubulininaeVegrandinia Salvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013Zootecus Westerlund, 1887