- Source: Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Taxonomy
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
subfamily Cochlicopinae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) - synonyms: Cionellidae L. Pfeiffer, 1879; Zuidae Bourguignat, 1884
subfamily Azecinae Watson, 1920 - synonym: Cryptazecinae Schileyko, 1999
Genera
The family Cochlicopidae includes the following genera:
subfamily Cochlicopinae
Cochlicopa Férussac, 1821 - synonym: Cionella Jeffreys, 1830
subfamily Azecinae
Azeca Fleming, 1828
Cryptazeca Folin & Bérillon, 1877
Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858
References
External links
Media related to Cochlicopidae at Wikimedia Commons