Cepolidae (gastropods)
Cepolidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.Distribution
Distribution of Cepolidae include Nearctic and Caribbean.Anatomy
This family is defined by the absence of the diverticulum. Snails in this family have one dart apparatus, and one mucous gland on top of the dart sac. The sheath of the dart apparatus has two glands.Taxonomy
This family is placed within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata. In many textbooks and on many websites however this family is listed as the subfamily Cepolinae within the family Helminthoglyptidae.
The name Cepolidae Ihering, 1909 is a homonym for the family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 a family of bandfishes in the superfamily Cepoloidea within the order Perciformes.Genera
Genera within the family Cepolidae include:
- Bellacepolis Baker, 1943
- Cepolis Montfort, 1810 - type genus of the family Cepolidae
- Coryda Albers, 1850
- Cysticopsis Mörch, 1852
- Dialeuca Albers, 1850
- Euclastaria Pilsbry, 1926
- Eurycampta Von Martens, 1860
- Guladentia Clench y Aguayo, 1951
- Hemitrochus Swainson, 1840
- Jeanneretia L. Pfeiffer, 1877
- Levicepolis Baker, 1943
- Plagioptycha L. Pfeiffer, 1855
- Setipellis Pilsbry, 1926
- Polymita Beck, 1837
