Glacidorbidae Explained

The Glacidorbidae is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Glacidorbidae is the only family in the superfamily Glacidorboidea. Glacidorboidea has been classified within the informal group Lower Heterobranchia in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).

2010 taxonomy

Jörger et al. (2010) redefined the major groups within the Heterobranchia; they moved Glacidorboidea to Panpulmonata.^[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Glacidorbidae include:^[2]

• Glacidorbis Iredale, 1943 – the type genus
• Gondwanorbis Ponder, 1986
• Benthodorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000
• Striadorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000
• Tasmodorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000

Further reading

• Ponder W. F. & Avern G. J. (2000) "The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia". Records of the Australian Museum 52: 307–353. HTM

Notes and References

1. Jörger K. M., Stöger I., Kano Y., Fukuda H., Knebelsberger T. & Schrödl M. (2010). "On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 323. .
2. Ponder, W. F., Avern, G. J. (2000). The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 52(3): 307–353. Full text, abstract