Elonidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies and genera The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Eloninae Gittenberger, 1977 Klikiinae H. Nordsieck, 1986 Nordsieck H. (1986) "Das System der tertiären Helicoidea Mittel- und Westeuropas (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Heldia, 1(4): 109-120, plates 15-17, description at page 116.
Genera Genera in the family Elonidae include: † Cyrtochilus F. Sandberger, 1875 † Eurystrophe Gude, 1911 †Joossia Pfeffer, 1930 † Lychnopsis Vidal, 1917 † Megalocochlea Wenz, 1919 † Papillotopsis H. Binder, 2017 † Puisseguria Schlickum, 1975 Eloninae The type genus is Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. It is a monotypic genus, with only one species: Elona quimperiana † Galactochiloides Wenz, 1919 Norelona Nordsieck, 1986 Norelona pyrenaica (Draparnaud, 1805) † Tropidomphalus Pilsbry, 1895 † Klikiinae † Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 † Klikia Pilsbry, 1895Tryon G. W. (1894) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 9. Helicidae - Volume VII. Continued by H. A. Pilsbry, page 289. † Pseudochloritis C. R. Boettger, 1909
Synonyms Sterna Albers, 1850: synonym of Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 ((Invalid: junior homonym of Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 [Aves])) † Steklovia Schlickum & Strauch, 1972: synonym of † Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 † (junior subjective synonym)
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