Sagdidae Explained

Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily Sagdoidea and as a member of the superfamily Helicoidea.^[1] Some species of Sagdidae are ovoviviparous.^[2]

Anatomy

Vestigial love darts exist in some species within this family.

Subfamilies and genera

The family Sagdidae consists of the following subfamilies:

• Aquebaninae H. B. Baker, 1940
• Platysuccineinae H. B. Baker, 1940
• Polydontinae Schileyko, 2006
• Sagdinae Pilsbry, 1895
• Yunqueinae Schileyko, 1998

Genera in the family Sagdidae include:^[3]

The type genus is Sagda Beck, 1837.

• Aerotrochus
• Aquebana
• Corneosagda
• Granodomus Wurtz, 1955
• Hispaniolana Pilsbry, 1933
• Hojeda
• Hyalosagda
• Lacteoluna
• Meiophysema
• Microsagda
• Odontosagda - Odontosagda blandii
• Platysuccinea
• Proserpinula
• Sagda
• Stauroglypta
• Strialuna
• Suavitas
• Trifaux
• Vilitas
• Volvidens
• Xenodiscula
• Zaphysema

External links

• Gary Rosenberg & Igor V. Muratov. Recent terrestrial molluscs of Jamaica
• 10.1093/biolinnean/blx082. Doubled helix: Sagdoidea is the overlooked sister group of Helicoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) . 2017 . Sei . Makiri . Robinson . David G. . Geneva . Anthony J. . Rosenberg . Gary . . 122 . 4 . 697–728 . free .

Notes and References

1. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00596.x. Evolutionary relationships among the Pulmonate land snails and slugs (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) . 2006 . Wade . Christopher M. . Mordan . Peter B. . Naggs . Fred . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 87 . 4 . 593–610 .
2. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01341.x. Radiation of the land snail genus Sagda (Pulmonata: Sagdidae): comparative morphology, biogeography and ecology of the species of north-central Jamaica . 1986 . Goodfriend . Glenn A. . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 87 . 4 . 367–398 .
3. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Sagdidae Sagdidae