Vitrinidae

1

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

Distribution

The distribution of the Vitrinidae includes the Nearctic, western Palearctic, eastern Palearctic, and Ethiopian zones, as well as Hawaii.

Anatomy

Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin. In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).

Genera

Genera in the family Vitrinidae include:

Cladogram

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:

This article is derived from Wikipedia and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original article.

Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Bliptext is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.

Edit article