Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chronidae Thiele, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994726 on 2021-02-22
Distribution Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.
Genera Genera within the family Chronidae include: Antinous Robson, 1914 Atrichoconcha Bartsch, 1942 Bekkochlamys Habe, 1958 Ceratochlamys Habe, 1946 Chronos Robson, 1914 - type * of the family Chronidae Danjochlamys Y. Azuma & M. Azuma, 1993 Exrhysota H. B. Baker, 1941 Gastrodontella Möllendorff, 1901 Glyptobensonia Möllendorff, 1894 Hemiglypta Möllendorff, 1893 Hemiglyptopsis Thiele, 1931 Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 Japanochlamys Habe, 1946 Kaliella W. T. Blanford, 1863 Lamarckiella Möllendorff, 1898 Lepidotrichia Bartsch, 1942 Macroceras C. Semper, 1870 Nesokaliella Gerlach, 1998 - endemic to the Seychelles Nipponochlamys Habe, 1945 Otesiopsis Habe, 1946 Parakaliella Habe, 1946 Pararyssota Bartsch, 1938 Platymma Tomlin, 1938 Ponapea H. B. Baker, 1941 Pseudhelicarion Möllendorff, 1894 Pseudokaliella Godwin-Austen, 1910 Ryssota Albers, 1850 Striokaliella Thiele, 1931 Takemasaia Azuma & Minato, 1976 Trichobensonia Möllendorff, 1902 Trochochlamys Habe, 1946 Trukrhysa H. B. Baker, 1941 Vitrinoidea C. Semper, 1873 Vitrinopsis C. Semper, 1873 Yamatochlamys Habe, 1945 Synonyms Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name) Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name) Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)
Cladogram The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. , JSTOR.
References
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
External links Pfeffer, G. (1878). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Schnecken. I. Die Naniniden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 5: 251-276