Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.Distribution
The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.Taxonomy
The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :
Genera within the Oxychilidae include:
subfamily Oxychilinae
- Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833
- * subgenus Oxychilus Fitzinger 1833
- * subgenus Riedelius Hudec 1961
- Allogenes Gude, 1911
- Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977
- Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914
- Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879
- Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966
- Eopolita Pollonera, 1916
- Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889
- Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998
- Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus
- Morlina A. J. Wagner 1914 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus
- Nastia Riedel, 1989
- Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833
- Pseudopolita Germain, 1908
- Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914
- Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963
subfamily Daudebardiinae
- Carpathica A. J. Wagner, 1895
- Daudebardia Hartmann, 1821 - type genus of the subfamily Daudebardiinae
subfamily Godwiniinae
- Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927
- Godwinia Sykes, 1900 - type genus of the subfamily Godwiniinae
- Nesovitrea C. M. Cooke, 1921
- Perpolita Baker, 1928
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families within the limacoid clade:
