Enidae
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Enidae is a family
Family
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 of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
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 pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosome
Chromosome
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s lies between 21 and 25 (according to the values in this table).

1998 taxonomy

The following subfamilies of Enidae are based on work by Schileyko (1998) and they are in use mainly by Russian malacologists:
  • subfamily Pseudonapaeinae
  • subfamily Chondrulopsininae
  • subfamily Merdigerinae
  • subfamily Buliminusinae
  • subfamily Andronakiinae
  • subfamily Retowskiinae
  • subfamily Eninae - including Chondrula
  • subfamily Multidentulini

2005 taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

:
  • subfamily Eninae B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880)
    • tribus Enini B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880) - synonyms: Napaeinae A. J. Wagner, 1928; Jaminiinae Thiele, 1931; Pseudonapaeinae Schileyko, 1978; Retowskiinae Schileyko, 1978; Andronakiinae Schileyko, 1998
    • tribus Chondrulini Wenz, 1923
    • tribus Multidentulini Schileyko, 1978 - synonyms: Chondrulopsininae Schileyko, 1978; Merdigerinae Schileyko, 1984; Euchondrinae Schileyko, 1998
  • subfamily Buliminusinae Kobelt, 1880 - synonym Buliminidae Pfeiffer
    Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer
    Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, also known as Louis Pfeiffer was a German physician, botanist and conchologist.-Biography:He received his education in Kassel, and became professor of pathology there in 1828...

    , 1879

Genera

Genera within the family Enidae include:

subfamilia Eninae
  • Boninena
    Boninena
    Boninena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Boninena include:* Boninena callistoderma* Boninena hiraseana* Boninena ogasawarae...

    Habe, 1956


either in Enini or in Chondrulini
  • Brephulopsis Lindholm, 1925
  • Caucasicola Hesse, 1917
  • Chondrus
    Chondrus
    Chondrus is a genus of red alga whose most famous species is C. crispus....

    Cuvier, 1817
  • Georginapaeus Schileyko, 1988
  • Peristoma Krynicki, 1833
  • Ramusculus Lindholm, 1925
  • Thoanteus Lindholm, 1925

  • tribus Enini
    • Akramowskiella Schileyko, 1984
    • Andronakia Lindholm, 1914
    • Clausilioides Lindholm, 1925
    • Differena Schileyko, 1984
    • Ena Turton
      William Turton
      William Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...

      , 1831 - type genus of the family Enidae
    • Geminula Lindholm, 1925
    • Imparietula Lindholm, 1925
    • Jaminia Risso, 1826
    • Laevozebrinus Lindholm, 1925
    • Ljudmilena Schileyko, 1984
    • Mastoides
      Mastoides
      Mastoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Mastoides include:* Mastoides albocostatus...

      Westerlund, 1896
    • Megalena Hausdorf, 1999 There is only one species Megalena crassa
      Megalena crassa
      Megalena crassa, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.Megalena is a monotypic genus, i.e...

      (Retowski, 1887) in the genus Megalena.
    • Napaeus
      Napaeus
      Napaeus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.- Distribution :Napaeus is endemic to the Macaronesia ecoregion: Azores and Canary Islands.-Species:...

      Albers, 1850
    • Ottorosenia Muratov, 1992
    • Pseudochondrula Hesse, 1933
    • Pseudonapaeus Westerlund, 1887
    • Retowskia O. Boettger, 1881
    • Subzebrinus Westerlund, 1887
    • Turanena Lindholm, 1922

  • tribus Chondrulini
    • Chondrula
      Chondrula
      Chondrula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Chondrula include:* Chondrula beieri Klemm, 1962 - from Greece...

      Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Chondrulini
    • Mastus
      Mastus
      Mastus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Mastus include:* Mastus abundans-Further reading:...

      Beck, 1837
    • Zebrina
      Zebrina
      Zebrina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.- Species :Species in the genus Zebrina include:* Zebrina detrita...

      Held, 1837

  • tribus Multidentulini
    • Chondrulopsina Lindholm, 1925
    • Euchondrus Boettger, 1883
    • Improvisa Schileyko, 1978
    • Multidentula
      Multidentula
      Multidentula is a genus of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae....

      Lindholm, 1925
    • Merdigera
      Merdigera
      Merdigera is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.- Species:Species in this genus include:* Merdigera obscura - the type species of the genus-References:...

      Held, 1837
    • Pentadentula Suvorov, 2006
    • Senaridenta Schileyko, 1978
    • Siraphoroides Schileyko, 1977


subfamily Buliminusinae
  • Adzharia Hesse, 1933
  • Buliminus
    Buliminus
    Buliminus, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-References:*...

    Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Buliminusinae
  • Cyrenaeus Heller, 1971
  • Mordania Bank & Neubert, 1998
  • Paramastus Hesse, 1933
  • Pene
    Pene (gastropod)
    Pene is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae....

    Pallary, 1929


subfamily ?
  • Balearena Altaba, 2007 - type species † Balearena gymnesica Altaba, 2007
  • Luchuena
    Luchuena
    Luchuena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae....

    Habe, 1956
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