Subulinidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of small tropical 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

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea

Achatinoidea

The Achatinoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.-Taxonomy:...

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Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosome

Chromosome

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s lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).

Subfamilies

The family Subulinidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by 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...

): (The following unreferenced unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))

• Subulininae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
• Coeliaxinae Pilsbry, 1907 - synonym: Cryptelasminae Germain, 1916; Pyrgininae Germain, 1916
• Glessulinae Godwin-Austen, 1920
• Opeatinae Thiele, 1931
• Petriolinae Schileyko, 1999
• Rishetiinae Schileyko, 1999
• Rumininae Wenz, 1923
• Stenogyrinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877 - synonym: Obeliscinae Thiele, 1931

Genera

Genera in the family Subulinidae include:

Subulininae

• Abaconia Clench, 1938
• Allopeas
  Allopeas
  Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.- Species :The genus Allopeas includes the following species:...
  
  H. B. Baker, 1935
• Beckianum
  Beckianum
  Beckianum is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. This genus in the family Subulinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Beckianum include:* Beckianum beckianum...
  
  Baker, 1961
• Curvella Chaper, 1885
• Dysopeas Baker, 1927
• Euonyma
  Euonyma
  Euonyma is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.- Species :The genus Euonyma includes the following species:* Euonyma curtissima Verdcourt...
  
  Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896
• Hypolysia
  Hypolysia
  Hypolysia is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Hypolysia include:It contains the following species:* Hypolysia connollyana...
  
  Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
• Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882
• Leptopeas Baker, 1927
• Leptinaria
  Leptinaria
  Leptinaria is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.- Species :Species within the genus Leptinaria include:* Leptinaria guatemalensis...
  
  Beck, 1837
• Luntia Smith, 1898
• Micropeas Connolly, 1923
• Neoglessula Pilsbry, 1909
• Paropeas Pilsbry, 1906
• Pelatrinia Pilsbry, 1907
• Prosopeas Mörch, 1876
• Pseudoglessula
  Pseudoglessula
  Pseudoglessula is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.-Species :Species within the genus Pseudoglessula include:* Pseudoglessula acutissima Verdcourt...
  
  Boettger, 1892
• Pseudopeas Putzeys, 1899
• Striosubulina
  Striosubulina
  Striosubulina is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.- Species :The genus Striosubulina includes the following species:* Striosubulina striatella Rang...
  
  Thiele, 1933
• Subulina
  Subulina
  Subulina is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.Subulina is the type genus of the family Subulinidae.- Species :...
  
  Beck, 1837 - type genus of the family Subulinidae
• Zootecus Westerlund, 1887

Coeliaxinae

• Coeliaxis H. Adams & Angas, 1865 - type genus of the subfamily Coeliaxinae
• Cryptelasmus Pilsbry, 1907
• Ischnocion Pilsbry, 1907
• Nannobeliscus Weyrauch, 1967
• Neosubulina Smith, 1898
• Pseudobalea Shuttleworth, 1854
• Pyrgina
  Pyrgina
  Pyrgina is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae, the "awl snails".-References:*...
  
  Greef, 1882
• Thomea
  Thomea
  Thomea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.-References:*...
  
  Girard, 1893

Glessulinae

• Glessula Martens, 1860 - type genus of the subfamily Glessulinae

Opeatinae

• Eremopeas Pilsbry, 1906
• Opeas
  Opeas
  Opeas is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.Opeas is the type genus of the subfamily Opeatinae.- Species :The genus Opeas includes the following species:...
  
  Albers, 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Opeatinae

Petriolinae

• Bocageia Girard, 1893
• Ceras Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901
• Chilonopsis
  Chilonopsis
  Chilonopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Chilonopsis include:* Chilonopsis blofeldi* Chilonopsis exulatus...
  
  Fischer de Waldheim, 1848
• Cleostyla Dall, 1896
• Comoropeas Pilsbry, 1906
• Dictyoglessula Pilsbry, 1919
• Homorus Albers, 1850
• Ischnoglessula Pilsbry, 1919
• Itiopiana Preston, 1910
• Kempioconcha Preston, 1913
• Liobocageia Pilsbry, 1919
• Mabilliella Ancey, 1886
• Notapalinus Connolly, 1923
• Nothapalus von Martens, 1897
• Oleata Ortiz de Zarate, 1959
• Oreohomorus Pilsbry, 1919
• Petriola Dall, 1905 - type genus of the subfamily Petriolinae
• Subuliniscus
  Subuliniscus
  Subuliniscus is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.- Species :The genus Subuliniscus includes the following species:* Subuliniscus arambourgi Germain...
  
  Pilsbry, 1919
• Subulona Martens, 1889

Rishetiinae

• Bacillum Theobald, 1840
• Eutomopeas Pilsbry, 1946
• Rishetia Godwin-Austen, 1920 - type genus of the subfamily Rishetiinae
• Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906

Rumininae

• Balfouria Crosse, 1884
• Krapfiella Preston, 1911
• Lubricella Haas, 1928
• Namibiella Zilch, 1954
• Obeliscella Jousseaume, 1899
• Riebeckia von Martens, 1883
• Rumina Risso, 1826 - type genus of the subfamily Rumininae
• Xerocerastus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1902

Stenogyrinae

• Chryserpes Pilsbry, 1906
• Cupulella Aguayo & Jaume, 1948
• Dolicholestes Pilsbry, 1906
• Lyobasis Pilsbry, 1903
• Neobeliscus Pilsbry, 1896
• Obeliscus
  Obeliscus
  Obeliscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :Species within this genus occur in Brazil, Cuba, ...- Species :...
  
  Beck, 1837
• Ochroderma Ancey, 1885
• Ochrodermatina Thiele, 1931
• Ochrodermella Pilsbry, 1907
• Plicaxis Sykes, 1903
• Promoussonius Pilsbry, 1906
• Protobeliscus Pilsbry, 1906
• Pseudocolumna Wenz, 1920
• Rectobelus Baker, 1927
• Rhodea
  Rhodea
  Rhodea is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.Authors of the genus provided no information about the etymology of this genus and its etymology remains unknown.- Distribution :...
  
  Adams, 1855
• Stenogyra Shuttleworth, 1854 - type genus of the subfamily Stenogyrinae
• Synapterpes Pilsbry, 1896
• Zoniferella Pilsbry, 1906

Further reading

• Schileyko A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4 Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferrussaciidae". In: Ruthenica., Supplement, 2(4): 435-564, Moscow, ISSN 0136-0027.