Strophocheilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Fossil record The genus Eoborus is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin) and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin).
Genera The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:
subfamily Strophocheilinae Pilsbry, 1902 Austroborus Parodiz, 1949 Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926 Mirinaba Morretes, 1952 Speironepion Bequaert, 1948 Strophocheilus Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae
subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973 Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae
[unassigned] Strophocheilidae (temporary name): Eoborus Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970 Maghrebiola Kadolsky & Hammouda, 2017
Genera brought into synonymy Borus Albers, 1850: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 Coniclus Albers, 1850: synonym of Strophocheilus Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827 Goniostomus auct.: synonym of Gonyostomus H. Beck, 1837 (incorrect subsequent spelling) Gonyostoma Swainson, 1840: synonym of Gonyostomus H. Beck, 1837 Metara Morretes, 1955: synonym of Mirinaba Morretes, 1955 Microborus Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Austroborus Parodiz, 1949 (unavailable, a junior homonym of Blandford, 1897 [Coleoptera]) Phaiopharus Morretes, 1955: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 Psiloicus Morretes, 1955: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
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