Xanthonychidae
Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is within the superorder Eupulmonata.
2017 taxonomy
The family Xanthonychidae consists of the following subfamilies:- Echinichinae F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
- Epiphragmophorinae Hoffmann, 1928
- Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
- Humboldtianinae Pilsbry, 1939
- Lysinoinae Hoffmann, 1928
- * tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928
- * tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987 - synonym: Tryonigentinae Schileyko, 1991
- * tribe Metostracini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Metostracinae H. Nordsieck, 1987: synonym of Metostracini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Monadeniinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
Lysinoidae may be treated as a separate family with subfamilies Leptariontinae, Lysinoinae and Metostracinae.
Genera
Genera in the family Xanthonychidae include:;Subfamily Echinichinae F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012Echinix F.G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
; Subfamily Epiphragmophorinae Hoffmann, 1928Angrandiella Ancey, 1886Dinotropis Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937Doeringina Ihering, 1929Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875Karlschmidtia F. Haas, 1955Minaselates Cuezzo & Pena, 2017Pilsbrya Ancey, 1887
; subfamily Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
; Subfamily Humboldtianinae Pilsbry, 1939
- Tribe Bunnyini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- * Bunnya H. B. Baker, 1942
- Tribe Humboldtianini Pilsbry, 1939
- * Humboldtiana Ihering, 1892
- Tribe Leptariontini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- * Leptarionta Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872
- * Semiconchula Naranjo-Garcia & Polaco, 2000
- * Tryonigens Pilsbry, 1927
- Tribe Lysinoini Hoffmann, 1928
- * Lysinoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
- Tribe Metostracini H. Nordsieck, 1987
- * Cryptostrakon W.G. Binney, 1879
- * Metostracon Pilsbry, 1900
; Subfamily Xanthonychinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879Xanthonyx Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867 - the type genus of the family Xanthonychidae