Caryodidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropodae
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Heterobranchia
Ordo: Pulmonata
Subordo: Eupulmonata
Clade: Stylommatophora
Cladus: Orthurethra
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Superfamilia: Acavoidea
Familia: Caryodidae
Genus: Anoglypta - Brazieresta - Caryodes - Hedleyella - Pandofella - Pedinogyra - Pygmipanda

Name

Caryodidae Thiele, 1926

Reference

Thiele, J. 1926. Mollusca = Weichtiere. In: W. Kükenthal & T. Krumbach, eds., Handbuch der Zoologie 5(2): 145.

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

This family is endemic to eastern Australia.[2]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family was previously treated as a subfamily of the family Acavidae.[2]

Genera

The family Caryodidae has no subfamilies.

Genera and species within this family include:

* Anoglypta Martens, 1860[2]
* Brazieresta Iredale, 1933[2]
* Caryodes Albers, 1850[2] - type genus
* Hedleyella Iredale, 1914[2]
* Pandofella Iredale, 1933[2]
* Pedinogyra Albers, 1860[2]
o Pedinogyra allani Iredale, 1937
o Pedinogyra effossa Iredale, 1937
o Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
o Pedinogyra minor (Mousson, 1869)
o Pedinogyra hayii (Reeve, 1852)
o Pedinogyra rotabilis (Reeve, 1852)
* Pygmipanda Iredale, 1933[2]

References

1. ^ Connolly M. (1915). "Notes on South African Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum 13: 99-178. plates 2-4, page 126.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Family CARYODIDAE. Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 30 September 2010.

Further reading

* Murphy M. J. (2002). "Observations on the behaviour of the Australian land snail Hedleyella falconeri (Grey, 1834) (Pulmonata : Caryodidae) using the spool-and-line tracking technique". Molluscan Research 22(2): 149-164. doi:10.1071/MR02007, PDF.