• Source: Vertiginidae

      • Vertiginidae, common name the whorl snails, is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.


      Distribution


      The distribution of the Vertiginidae is in the Northern Hemisphere: North America (60 species), Eurasia (30 species), North and central Africa (3-5 species). That gives a total of approximately 93-95 species.


      Ecology


      Snails in this family inhabit habitats ranging from forests to semi-open and open habitats with various different kinds of substrate cover, vegetation and humidity. They feed on microflora - bacteria and fungi - growing on dead and living plants.


      Taxonomy


      The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

      Subfamily Vertigininae Fitzinger, 1833
      Tribe Vertiginini Fitzinger, 1833
      Tribe Truncatellinini Steenberg, 1925 - synonyms: Truncatellininae; Columellinae Schileyko, 1998 - raised in 2016 to family level Truncatellinidae
      Subfamily Gastrocoptinae Pilsbry, 1918 - synonyms: Hypselostomatinae Zilch, 1959; Aulacospirinae Zilch, 1959
      Subfamily Nesopupinae Steenberg, 1925 - synonym: Cylindrovertillidae Iredale, 1940


      Genera


      Genera in the family Vertiginidae include:

      Subfamily Vertigininae
      Tribe Vertiginini

      Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 - the type genus of the family Vertiginidae
      Subfamily Nesopupinae
      Bothriopupa Pilsbry, 1898
      Bothriopupa tenuidens (C. B. Adams, 1845)
      Costigo O. Boettger, 1891
      Cylindrovertilla O. Boettger, 1881
      Glandicula F. Sandberger, 1875 †
      Helenopupa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920
      Indopupa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920
      Insulipupa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920
      Lyropupa Pilsbry, 1900
      Minacilla H. Nordsieck, 2014 †
      Negulopsis H. Nordsieck, 2014 †
      Nesopupa Pilsbry, 1900 - the type genus of the subfamily Nesopupinae
      Nesopuparia Pilsbry, 1926
      Nesopupilla Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1920
      Nesoropupa Gargominy, 2008
      Paracraticula Oppenheim, 1890 †
      Pronesopupa Iredale, 1913
      Trigonopupa H. Nordsieck, 2014 †
      Staurodon Lowe, 1852: synonym of Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773
      Subfamily ?
      Acmopupa O. Boettger, 1889 †
      Propupa Stworzewicz & Pokryszko, 2006 †
      Pseudelix O. Boettger, 1889 †
      Tetoripupa Isaji, 2010 †
      Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898: synonym of Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773


      References


      This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.

      Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 129–261. Moskva


      External links



      The Vertiginidae of Poland
      Fitzinger, L.J. (1833). Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben. Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreichs's unter der Enns, 3: 88-122. Wien

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