Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails (and semi-slugs such as Otoconcha dimidiata), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.[1]

Charopidae
A live Notodiscus hookeri
Three views of a shell of Radiodiscus patagonicus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Charopidae
Hutton, 1884
Synonyms
  • Dipnelicidae Iredale, 1937
  • Flammulinidae Crosse, 1895
  • Hedleyoconchidae Iredale, 1942
  • Pseudocharopidae Iredale, 1944
  • Trachycystidae Schileyko, 1986

Taxonomy edit

The following genera are recognised in the family Charopidae:[1]

Subfamily Charopinae edit

Subfamily Flammoconchinae edit

Subfamily Flammulininae edit

Subfamily Otoconchinae edit

Subfamily Phenacohelicinae edit

Subfamily Ranfurlyinae edit

  • Ranfurlya Suter, 1903 - type genus of the subfamily Ranfurlyinae

Subfamily Rotadiscinae edit

 
An undesribed species of Rotadiscus from Toca do Gonçalo cave in Brazil

Subfamily Semperdoninae edit

Subfamily Therasiinae edit

Subfamily Thysanotinae edit

Subfamily Trachycystinae edit

Subfamily Trukcharopinae edit

Incerta sedis edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Charopidae Hutton, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816165 on 12 February 2021