Chronidae

Family of gastropods

Chronidae
Exrhysota brookei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Chronidae
Thiele, 1931
Genera

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Ryssotidae Schileyko, 2003

Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata. [1]

Distribution

Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Chronidae include:

  • Antinous Robson, 1914
  • Atrichoconcha Bartsch, 1942
  • Bekkochlamys Habe, 1958
  • Ceratochlamys Habe, 1946
  • Chronos Robson, 1914 - type * of the family Chronidae
  • Danjochlamys Y. Azuma & M. Azuma, 1993
  • Exrhysota H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Gastrodontella Möllendorff, 1901
  • Glyptobensonia Möllendorff, 1894
  • Hemiglypta Möllendorff, 1893
  • Hemiglyptopsis Thiele, 1931
  • Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956
  • Japanochlamys Habe, 1946
  • Kaliella W. T. Blanford, 1863
  • Lamarckiella Möllendorff, 1898
  • Lepidotrichia Bartsch, 1942
  • Macroceras C. Semper, 1870
  • Nesokaliella Gerlach, 1998 - endemic to the Seychelles
  • Nipponochlamys Habe, 1945
  • Otesiopsis Habe, 1946
  • Parakaliella Habe, 1946
  • Pararyssota Bartsch, 1938
  • Platymma Tomlin, 1938
  • Ponapea H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Pseudhelicarion Möllendorff, 1894
  • Pseudokaliella Godwin-Austen, 1910
  • Ryssota Albers, 1850
  • Striokaliella Thiele, 1931
  • Takemasaia Azuma & Minato, 1976
  • Trichobensonia Möllendorff, 1902
  • Trochochlamys Habe, 1946
  • Trukrhysa H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Vitrinoidea C. Semper, 1873
  • Vitrinopsis C. Semper, 1873
  • Yamatochlamys Habe, 1945
Synonyms
  • Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)
  • Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name)
  • Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chronidae Thiele, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994726 on 2021-02-22
  2. ^ a b Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.

External links

  • Pfeffer, G. (1878). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Schnecken. I. Die Naniniden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 5: 251-276
Taxon identifiers
Chronidae