Oleacinidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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.
Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy The family Oleacinidae is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Oleacinidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Oleacininae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - synonyms: Polyphemidae Gistel, 1868 (inv.); Glandinidae Bourguignat, 1877; Streptostylini H. B. Baker, 1941 Euglandininae H. B. Baker, 1941Baker H. B. (1941). The Nautilus 55(2): 54. Varicellinae H. B. Baker, 1941Baker H. B. (1941). The Nautilus 55(2): 52.
2010 taxonomy Thompson (2010), PDF . have redefined subfamilies in Spiraxidae and have moved Euglandininae and Streptostylinae as subfamilies of Spiraxidae.
Genera Genera in the family Oleacinidae include:
subfamily Oleacininae Oleacina Röding, 1798 - type genus of the family Oleacinidae Palaeoglandina Wenz, 1914 Pseudoleacina Wenz, 1914
subfamily Varicellinae Varicella L. Pfeiffer, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily Varicellinae Glandinella L. Pfeiffer, 1878 Laevaricella Pilsbry, 1907 Melaniella L. Pfeiffer, 1857 Sigmataxis Pilsbry, 1907
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