- Source: Subulininae
Subulininae is a subfamily of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the Subulinnae remains a source of discussion. It has been raised to the level of family under the name Achatinacea ((Fischer and Crosse 1877; Thiele 1931: 549), later followed by Zilch (1959) and Vaught (1989). This systematic classification was later revealed as polyphyletic (Fontanilla et al. 2017). Molluscabase still considers it as a subfamily of Achatinidae.
Distribution
Worldwide.
Anatomy
In this subfamily, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35.
Genera
Genera in the subfamily Subulininae include:
Allopeas H. B. Baker, 1935
Beckianum Baker, 1961
Curvella Chaper, 1885
Dysopeas Baker, 1927
Euonyma Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896
Hypolysia Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882
Leptinaria Beck, 1837
Leptopeas Baker, 1927
Micropeas Connolly, 1923
Neoglessula Pilsbry, 1909
Opeas Albers, 1850
Paropeas Pilsbry, 1906
Pelatrinia Pilsbry, 1907
Prosopeas Mörch, 1876
Pseudarinia Yen, 1952
Pseudoglessula Boettger, 1892
Pseudopeas Putzeys, 1899
Striosubulina Thiele, 1933
Subulina Beck, 1837 - type genus of the subfamily Subulininae
Vegrandinia Salvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013
Zootecus Westerlund, 1887
References
Further reading
Schileyko A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4 Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferrussaciidae". In: Ruthenica., Supplement, 2(4): 435–564, Moscow, ISSN 0136-0027.
Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
External links
Media related to Subulininae at Wikimedia Commons