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]
- Pedinogyra allani Iredale, 1937
- Pedinogyra effossa Iredale, 1937
- Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
- Pedinogyra minor (Mousson, 1869)
- Pedinogyra hayii (Reeve, 1852)
- Pedinogyra rotabilis (Reeve, 1852)
- Pygmipanda Iredale, 1933[2] includes Pygmipanda atomata
References
- ^ Connolly M. (1915). “Notes on South African Mollusca”. Annals of the South African Museum 13: 99-178. plates 2-4, page 126.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Family CARYODIDAE Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. 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.
External links
Media related to Caryodidae at Wikimedia Commons
