Caryodidae

Caryodidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Caryodidae
A broken shell of Pedinogyra rotabilis at Border Ranges National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Acavoidea
Family:
Caryodidae

Genera

See text

Synonyms

Anoglyptidae Iredale, 1937
Hedleyellidae Iredale, 1937
Pedinogyridae Iredale, 1937

This family is endemic to eastern Australia.[2]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family was previously treated as a subfamily of the family Acavidae.[2]

Genera

The family Caryodidae has no subfamilies.

Genera and species within this family include:

  • Anoglypta Martens, 1860[2]
  • Brazieresta Iredale, 1933[2]
  • Caryodes Albers, 1850[2] - type genus
  • Hedleyella Iredale, 1914[2]
  • Pandofella Iredale, 1933[2]
  • Pedinogyra Albers, 1860[2]
    • Pedinogyra allani Iredale, 1937
    • Pedinogyra effossa Iredale, 1937
    • Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
    • Pedinogyra minor (Mousson, 1869)
    • Pedinogyra hayii (Reeve, 1852)
    • Pedinogyra rotabilis (Reeve, 1852)
  • Pygmipanda Iredale, 1933[2] includes Pygmipanda atomata

References
  1. Connolly M. (1915). "Notes on South African Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum 13: 99-178. plates 2-4, page 126.
  2. Family CARYODIDAE Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 30 September 2010.

Further reading
  • Murphy M. J. (2002). "Observations on the behaviour of the Australian land snail Hedleyella falconeri (Grey, 1834) (Pulmonata : Caryodidae) using the spool-and-line tracking technique". Molluscan Research 22(2): 149-164. doi:10.1071/MR02007, PDF.


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