Urocyclidae

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Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, semi-slugs and land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.[1]

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Distribution

The Urocyclidae are distributed in the Afrotropical realm, including Madagascar, the Comores and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea.[2][3]

Taxonomy

The family Urocyclidae consists of 3 subfamilies:[1]

  • subfamily Rhysotininae Schileyko, 2002
  • subfamily Sheldoniinae Connolly, 1925 (1912)[4] - synonyms: Peltatinae Godwin-Austen, 1912;[5] Trochonanininae Connolly, 1912;[6] Trochozonitinae Iredale, 1914;[7] Ledoulxiinae Pilsbry, 1919;[8] Gymnarionidae Von Mol, 1970;[9] Rhysotinidae Schileyko, 2002; Zonitarionini Schileyko, 2002; Acantharionini Schileyko, 2002
  • subfamily Urocyclinae Simroth, 1889

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Urocyclidae:[1]

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Subfamily Rhysotininae
Subfamily Sheldoniinae
Subfamily Urocyclinae

Tribe Dendrolimacini

  • Dendrolimax Heynemann, 1868 - the type genus of the tribe Dendrolimacini[11]

Tribe Leptichnini

  • Leptichnus Simroth, 1896 - the type genus of the tribe Leptichnini[11]

Tribe Upembellini

tribe Urocyclini

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family to other families in the limacoid clade:[2]

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References

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  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. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"., JSTOR.
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  4. Connolly (1925). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)15: 467.
  5. Godwin-Austen H. H. (1912). "A review of South-African Land-Mollusca belonging to the Family Zonitidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9: 122-139. Plate 1-7. p. 124.
  6. Connolly (1912). Annals of the South African Museum 11(3): 101.
  7. Iredale (1914). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11(2): 122.
  8. Pilsbry H. A. (1919). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 40: 245.
  9. a b Van Mol J. J. (1970). "Révision des Urocyclidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Anatomie - systématique - zoogéographie". Annales Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques 180: 1-231.
  10. a b c Van Goethem J. (1977). "Révision systématique des Urocyclinae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Urocyclidae)". Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale , Annales, Sciences zoologiques 218: 355 pp., 4 plates.
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  12. Herbert D. G. (2004). Sheldonia puzeyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  13. de Winter A. J. (1987). "Verrucarion demeryi, a new semi-slug from Sierra Leone (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Urocyclidae)". Basteria 51(4-6): 87-93. abstract.
  14. Simroth H. (1910). In: Voeltzkow Reise O.-Afr., Wiss. Ergebn. 2(5): 611.

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