Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea.
Distribution
The distribution of the Vitrinidae includes the Nearctic, western Palearctic, eastern Palearctic, and Ethiopian zones, as well as Hawaii.Anatomy
Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35.
Genera
Genera in the family Vitrinidae include:- † Planellavitrina Margry, 2018
- † Provitrina Wenz, 1919
; Subfamily Vitrininae Fitzinger, 1833Eucobresia H. B. Baker, 1929Hessemilimax Schileyko, 1986Oligolimax P. Fischer, 1878Semilimacella Soós, 1917Semilimax Gray, 1847Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801Vitrinobrachium Künkel, 1929
;Synonyms:Balcanovitrina Ošanova & L. Pintér, 1968: synonym of Semilimacella Soós, 1917Chlamydea Westerlund, 1886: synonym of Semilimax Gray, 1847Cobresia Hübner, 1810: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801Gallandia Bourguignat, 1880: synonym of Oligolimax P. Fischer, 1878Helicolimax J. Férussac, 1807: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801Hyalina S. Studer, 1820: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801 Pagana Gistel, 1848: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801Targionia P. Hesse, 1923: synonym of Semilimacella Soós, 1917Tozzettia P. Hesse, 1924: synonym of Semilimacella Soós, 1917Trochovitrina O. Boettger, 1880: synonym of Oligolimax P. Fischer, 1878 Vitrinopugio Ihering, 1892: synonym of Semilimax Gray, 1847 Vitriplutonia Collinge, 1893: synonym of Plutonia Morelet, 1864