Strophocheilidae Explained

Strophocheilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Fossil record

The genus Eoborus is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin)^{[1] [2]} and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin).^[3]

Genera

The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:

subfamily Strophocheilinae Pilsbry, 1902

• Anthinus Albers, 1850
• Austroborus Parodiz, 1949
• Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926
• Gonyostomus Beck, 1837
• Mirinaba Morretes, 1952
• Speironepion Bequaert, 1948
• Strophocheilus Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae

subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973

• Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae

[unassigned] Strophocheilidae (temporary name):

• Eoborus Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970
• Maghrebiola Kadolsky & Hammouda, 2017

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Borus Albers, 1850: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
• Coniclus Albers, 1850: synonym of Strophocheilus Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827
• Goniostomus auct.: synonym of Gonyostomus H. Beck, 1837 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• Gonyostoma Swainson, 1840: synonym of Gonyostomus H. Beck, 1837
• Metara Morretes, 1955: synonym of Mirinaba Morretes, 1955
• Microborus Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Austroborus Parodiz, 1949 (unavailable, a junior homonym of Blandford, 1897 [Coleoptera])
• Phaiopharus Morretes, 1955: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
• Psiloicus Morretes, 1955: synonym of Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878

Notes and References

1. Salvador . Rodrigo Brincalepe . de Simone . Luiz Ricardo Lopes . New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae) . Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology . 1 June 2012 . 141 . 1 . 43–50 . 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050 .
2. Salvador . Rodrigo Brincalepe . Simone . Luiz Ricardo Lopes de . Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . 2013 . 10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001 . free .
3. Martínez . Sergio . Veroslavsky . Gerardo . Verde . Mariano . Primer registro del Paleoceno en el Uruguay: paleosuelos calcáreos fosilíferos en la cuenca de Santa Lucía . irst Paleocene record in Uruguay: fossiliferous calcareous paleosols in the Santa Lucía basin . Spanish . Revista Brasileira de Geociências . 12 June 2017 . 27 . 3 . 292–302 .