Simpulopsidae Explained

Simpulopsidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.^[1]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This taxon was placed as the tribe Simpulopsini, in the subfamily Bulimulinae, within the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

2012 taxonomy

Breure & Romero (2012) elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae.^[2]

Genera

Genera in the family Simpulopsidae include:

• Leiostracus Albers, 1850^[2]
• Rhinus Albers, 1860^[3]
• Simpulopsis Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini^{[4] [2]}
  • subgenus Eudioptus Albers, 1860^[3]

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870047 on 2021-02-05
2. 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. .
3. Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. .
4. 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.