Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily TrochomorphoideaMolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Trochomorphidae Möllendorff, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816186 on 2021-02-22
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution The distribution of Trochomorphidae includes eastern-Palearctic, India, south-eastern Asia, Australia and Polynesia.
Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
Genera Genera within the family Trochomorphidae include: Benthemia Forcart, 1964 Brazieria Ancey, 1887 Calostropha Ancey, 1887 Coxia Ancey, 1887 Dendrotrochus Pilsbry, 1894 Entomostoma H. B. Baker, 1941 Eurybasis Gude, 1913 Foxidonta Clench, 1950 Geodiscus Iredale, 1941 Geotrochus van Hasselt, 1823 Hogolua Baker, 1941 Kondoa Baker, 1941 Liravidena Solem, 1959 Orpiella L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855 Peleliua H. B. Baker, 1941 Probrazieria H. B. Baker, 1941 Tegumen Gude, 1913 Theskelomensor Iredale, 1933 Trochomorpha Albers, 1850 - type genus of the family Trochomorphidae Trochositala Schileyko, 2002 Videna A. Adams 1858 Videnoida Minato, 1988 Vitrinoconus C. Semper, 1873
Cladogram The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. , JSTOR.
References
Further reading Baker (1941). Bulletin of the Bishop Museum 116: 273. Gude G. K. (1914). [https://archive.org/details/molluscaiitrocho00gude ''Mollusca.−II. (Trochomorphidae--Janellidae)'].The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London, xii + 520 pp., 164 figs. Vagvolvyi J. (1976). "Body size, aerial dispersal and origin of the Pacific land snail fauna". Syst. Zool 24''': 465-488.