Hygromiidae

Hygromiidae
A live individual of Trochulus hispidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Heterobranchia
Clade:	Euthyneura
Clade:	Panpulmonata
Clade:	Eupulmonata
Clade:	Stylommatophora
Informal group:	Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866
Type genus
Hygromia
Genera
Ashfordiana Candidula Caseolus Cernuella Discula Euomphalia Helicella Helicodonta Helicopsis Monacha Monachoides Perforatella Petasina Ponentina Plicuteria Pseudotrichia Trochulus (syn. Trichia) Trochoidea Urticicola Xerolenta Zenobiella

Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.

Some snails in genera within this family create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).

The family Hygromiidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Genera with the family Hygromiidae include:

The type genus of this family is Hygromia Risso, 1826.

subfamily Hygromiinae

subfamily Ciliellinae

subfamily Geomitrinae

subfamily Monachainae

subfamily Ponentininae

subfamily ?

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