Canariellidae Explained

Canariellidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.^{[1] [2]}

Anatomy

The family is characterized by having a short flagellum and a stimulatory apparatus composed only of one to three single mucous glands (lacking dart or accessory sacs).

Taxonomy

The family Canariellidae consists of:

• Canariella P. Hesse, 1918
• Debeauxhelix Bacci, 1943
• Montserratina Ortiz de Zarate Lopez, 1946
• Schileykiella Manganelli, Sparacio & Giusti, 1989
• Tyrrheniellina Giusti & Manganelli, 1992

References

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

External links

• Razkin, O., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Prieto, C. E., Martínez-Ortí, A., Arrébola, J. R., Muñoz, B., Chueca, L. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99-117.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Canariellidae Schileyko, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994704 on 2021-08-16
2. Razkin. Oihana. Gómez-Moliner. Benjamín Juán. Prieto. Carlos Enrique. Martínez-Ortí. Alberto. Arrébola. José Ramón. Muñoz. Benito. Chueca. Luis Javier. Madeira. María José. February 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83. 99–117. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. 25485783.