Euconulidae
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| Drawing of a live Euconulus fulvus and its shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Trochomorphoidea |
| Family: | Euconulidae Baker, 1928 |
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Euconulidae is a
This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass snails.
Taxonomy
The family Euconulidae was originally placed within the superfamily Gastrodontoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2] Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily Trochomorphoidea[3]
Distribution
The distribution of the Euconulidae includes the
Humidity, temperature, rainfall, and foliar dripping derived from dew, mist, and rain, affect the behavior and substrate selection of small terrestrial molluscs, such as Tikoconus costarricanus, which inhabit shrubs in humid tropical montane forests.[5] There is also a preference of some parts of a leaf,[6] for example, in some cases the lower side is preferred, possibly because it has better humidity and protects small snails from the impact of raindrops.[7]
Shell description
These minute snails have a
The shells of most Euconulidae are only about 3 mm in size, amber-colored and translucent.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of
Genera
Subfamilies and genera in the family Euconulidae include:
Euconulinae
- Afroconulus Van Mol & van Bruggen, 1971[9]
- Afroguppya de Winter & Bruggen, 1992[9]
- Afropunctum F. Haas, 1934[9]
- Cancelloconus I. Rensch, 1932[9]
- Coneuplecta Möllendorff, 1893[9]
- Diepenheimia Preston, 1913[9]
- Discoconulus Reinhardt, 1883[9]
- Dryachloa F. G. Thompson & H. G. Lee, 1980[9]
- Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883 - type genus of the family Euconulidae[2]
- Guppya Mörch, 1867[9]
- Habroconus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872[9]
- Kororia H. B. Baker, 1941[9]
- Louisia Godwin-Austen, 1908[9]
- Luchuconulus Pilsbry, 1928[9]
- Palaua H.B. Baker, 1941[9]
- Papuarion Van Mol, 1973[9]
- Parasitala Thiele, 1931[9]
- Sabalimax Tillier & Bouchet, 1989[9]
- Serostena Iredale, 1941[9]
- Tikoconus Barrientos, 2019[10]
- Velifera W.G. Binney, 1879[9]
Microcystinae
- Allenoconcha Preston, 1913
- Aukena Baker, 1940[11]
- Buffetia Iredale, 1945 (nomen nudum)
- Cookeana
- Diastole Gude, 1913
- Faunulena
- Greenwoodoconcha
- Hiona Cooke, 1940[11]
- Innesoconcha Iredale, 1944
- Iredaleoconcha Preston, 1913
- Kaala
- Kusaiea Baker, 1938
- Lamprocystis
- Liardetia
- Melloconcha Iredale, 1944
- Mendana
- Microcystis
- Nancibella
- Periclocystis
- Philonesia Sykes, 1900[11]
- Piena
- Pukaloa
- Tengchiena
Cladogram
The following
| limacoid clade
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References
- ^ "Trochomorphoidea Möllendorff, 1890". WoRMS.
- ^ ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
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- ^ Barrientos, Z. (2020). Microhabitat selection, and seasonal and daily activity of the snail Tikoconus costarricanus (Stylommatophora: Euconulidae) in tropical montane wet forest understory. Revista de Biología Tropical, 68(4), 1131-1142
- ^ Hernández-Quinta, M. (2013). Occupancy of strata of plant height and plant substrate by land snail (Gastropoda) assemblages at Escaleras de Jaruco, Mayabeque, Cuba. The Nautilus, 127(1), 29-35.
- ^ Moreno-Rueda, G., Ruiz-Ruiz, A., Collantes-Martín, E., & Arrébola, J.R. (2009). Relative importance of humidity and temperature on microhabitat use by land snails in arid versus humid environments. In A. Fernández-Bernal & M.A. De la Rosa (Eds.), Arid Environments and Wind Erosion (pp 331-343). Uni- ted Kingdom: Nova Science Publishers.
- ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s MolluscaBase (2018). Euconulinae H.B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994926 on 2018-09-14
- ^ "Molluscabase - Euconulinae H. B. Baker, 1928". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ .
External links
Media related to Euconulidae at Wikimedia Commons
