Megaspiridae Explained

Megaspiridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[1]

The family Megaspiridae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Megaspiridae include:

• Callionepion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1899
• Megaspira Lea, 1838 - type genus of the family Megaspiridae^[1]
• Thaumastus Albers, 1860^{[2] [3] [1]} - synonym: Tholus Strebel, 1909^{[4] [5]}

Synonyms:

• Pyrgelix H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Megaspira I. Lea, 1836

Notes and References

1. Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". 141(1): 1-20. .
2. Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila . Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) . Biota Colombiana. 9. 1. 39–62 . 2008 .
3. Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. abstract.
4. Abbott R. T. (1989). Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc., Melbourne, Florida.
5. Breure A. S. H. (1979). "Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulinae (Mollusca)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 168: 1-215, figs 1-182, pls. 1-3, tables 1-5. PDF.