Ferussaciidae
Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.
This family has no subfamilies. The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864, however the latter has been declared as a nomen oblitum because it has not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a nomen protectum.Distribution
The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas, Hawaii and tropical Asia.Fossil record
Cecilioides sommeri is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil.Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30.Genera
Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include:
- Amphorella Lowe, 1852
- Calaxis Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887
- Cecilioides Férussac, 1814
- Coilostele Benson, 1864
- Conollya Odhner, 1932
- Cylichnidia R. T. Lowe, 1852
- Digoniaxis Jousseaume, 1889
- Ferussacia Risso, 1826 - type genus of the family Ferussaciidae
- Geostilbia Crosse, 1867
- Hohenwartiana Bourguignat, 1864
- Karolus Folin, 1870
- Pseudocalaxis Pallary, 1912
- Sculptiferussacia Germain, 1911
