Chondrinidae
| Chondrinidae | |
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| 8 shells of Chondrina avenacea, scale in mm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: |
Chondrinidae Steenberg, 1925 |
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| Diversity | |
| about 70 extant species in six genera plus 4 new species in 2010 | |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
According to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Chondrinidae has no subfamilies.
Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger (2010) established a new subfamily to system of Chondrinidae:
There are six genera within the family Chondrinidae and they include:
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