Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870597 on 2021-01-03
The family is classified within the order Stylommatophora, in the superorder Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies.
The family Pleurodontidae includes some American taxa that used to be included within the Australasian family Camaenidae, a taxon whose monophyly was in doubt.
Anatomy Pleurodontids are defined by a missing diverticulum. The stimulatory organ is likewise absent.
Genera Genera within this family include: Coloniconcha Pilsbry, 1933 - with the only species Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86. Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 - either separate genus (with a synonym: Lucerna)Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1820. or as a synonym of Pleurodonte Discolepis Ancey, 1904 Eurycratera Beck, 1837Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161. . Eurycratera jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791) † Ganeselloides Yen, 1969 Gonostomopsis Pilsbry, 1889 Lucerna Swainson, 1840 Pleurodonte Fischer de Waldheim, 1807 Thelidomus Swainson, 1840 (or in Camaenidae)
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Hartmut Nordsieck, Higher classification of Helicoidea and the molecular analyses of their phylogeny