Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae, common name the whorl snails, is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Distribution
The distribution of the Vertiginidae is in the Northern Hemisphere: North America, Eurasia, North and central Africa. That gives a total of approximately 93-95 species.Ecology
Snails in this family inhabit habitats ranging from forests to semi-open and open habitats with various different kinds of substrate cover, vegetation and humidity. They feed on microflora - bacteria and fungi - growing on dead and living plants.Taxonomy
The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):- Subfamily Vertigininae Fitzinger, 1833
- * Tribe Vertiginini Fitzinger, 1833
- * Tribe Truncatellinini Steenberg, 1925 - synonyms: Truncatellininae; Columellinae Schileyko, 1998 - raised in 2016 to family level Truncatellinidae
- Subfamily Gastrocoptinae Pilsbry, 1918 - synonyms: Hypselostomatinae Zilch, 1959; Aulacospirinae Zilch, 1959
- Subfamily Nesopupinae Steenberg, 1925 - synonym: Cylindrovertillidae Iredale, 1940
Genera
Genera in the family Vertiginidae include:;Subfamily Vertigininae
Tribe VertigininiVertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 - the type genus of the family Vertiginidae
; Subfamily NesopupinaeBothriopupa Pilsbry, 1898
- * Bothriopupa tenuidens Costigo O. Boettger, 1891Cylindrovertilla O. Boettger, 1881Glandicula F. Sandberger, 1875 †Helenopupa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920Indopupa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920Insulipupa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920Lyropupa Pilsbry, 1900Minacilla H. Nordsieck, 2014 †Negulopsis H. Nordsieck, 2014 †Nesopupa Pilsbry, 1900 - the type genus of the subfamily NesopupinaeNesopuparia Pilsbry, 1926Nesopupilla Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920Nesoropupa Gargominy, 2008Paracraticula Oppenheim, 1890 †Pronesopupa Iredale, 1913Trigonopupa H. Nordsieck, 2014 †Staurodon Lowe, 1852: synonym of Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773