Subulinidae Temporal range: Lower Paleocene–Recent |
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A live individual of the decollate snail, Rumina decollata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: |
Subulinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877 |
Genera | |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.
Worldwide.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).
The family Subulinidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): (The following unreferenced unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))
Genera in the family Subulinidae include:
Subulininae
Coeliaxinae
Glessulinae
Opeatinae
Petriolinae
Rishetiinae
Rumininae
Stenogyrinae