Bulimulinae
| Bulimulidae | |
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| Drawing of the shell of Bulimulus alternatus mariae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: |
Bulimulidae Tryon, 1867 |
| Diversity | |
| 1243 species (including Simpulopsidae and Bothriembryon). | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bulimulinae Tryon, 1867 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Bulimulinae Tryon, 1867
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
Distribution of species in the family Bulimulidae includes Ecuador (9 genera) and other South American countries.
The family's oldest fossil record dates from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin).
Members of this family have a haploid chromosome number between 26 to 30 (according to the values in this table).
Shells of species within Bostrycinae have a smooth and the genital organs feature a relatively long penis sheath (ca. 1/4–1/6 total phallus length).
Previously, the members of the Orthalicidae were also included in this subfamily, as the subfamily Orthalicinae, and the taxa listed here were placed in their own subfamily, the Bulimulinae.
Bulimulinae was placed in the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The subfamily Bulimulinae included 3 tribes:
Breure et al. (2010) moved Bothriembryon to Placostylidae (since 2012 as Bothriembryontidae), elevated Bulimulinae to Bulimulidae and Odontostomini to Odontostomidae.
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