Ferussaciidae
| Ferussaciidae Temporal range: Upper Eocene-Recent |
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| Two fresh shells of Cecilioides acicula, scale bar in mm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: |
Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883 |
| Synonyms | |
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Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864
Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.
This family has no subfamilies. The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864, however the latter has been declared as a nomen oblitum because it has not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a nomen protectum.
The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas, Hawaii and tropical Asia.
Cecilioides sommeri is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin).
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include: (The following unreferenced, unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))
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