Epirobiidae

Epirobiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea.[1]

Epirobiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Urocoptoidea
Family: Epirobiidae
Thompson, 2012[1]
Diversity[1]
22 species

Taxonomy

The American malacologist Fred G. Thompson established the family Epirobiidae in 2012 for five genera of snails (Epirobia, Propilsbrya, Pectinistemma, Gyrocion, Prionoloplax), which were previously placed within the family Urocoptidae.[1]

Genera

Genera in the family Epirobiidae include:

  • Epirobia Strebel & Pfeffer, 1880 - the type genus of the family Epirobiidae, 13 species[1]
  • Propilsbrya Bartsch, 1906 - two species[1]
  • Pectinistemma Rehder, 1940 - five species[1]
  • Gyrocion Pilsbry, 1904 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Gyrocion mirabilis (Pilsbry, 1904)[1]
  • Prionoloplax Pilsbry, 1953 - probable placement within Epirobiidae; the single species is Prionoloplax odontoplax (Pilsbry, 1953)[1]

References
  1. Thompson F. G. (2012). "The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea)". Bulletin Florida Museum of Natural History 51: 167-215. PDF.
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