Simpulopsidae

Family of gastropods

Simpulopsidae

dorsal view of Simpulopsis rufovirens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Stylommatophora
Suborder:  | Helicina
Superfamily:  | Orthalicoidea
Family:  | Simpulopsidae
Schileyko, 1999

Simpulopsidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.[1] [2]

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 1.1 2005 taxonomy
* 1.2 2012 taxonomy
* 2 Genera
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Taxonomy[edit]

### 2005 taxonomy[edit]

Main article: Bulimulidae § 2005 taxonomy

This taxon was placed as the tribe Simpulopsini, in the subfamily Bulimulinae, within the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[3]

### 2012 taxonomy[edit]

Breure & Romero (2012)[1] elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae.[1]

## Genera[edit]

Genera in the family Simpulopsidae include:

* Leiostracus Albers, 1850[1]
* Rhinus Albers, 1860[4]
* Simpulopsis Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini[3][5][1]
* subgenus Eudioptus Albers, 1860[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870047 on 2021-02-05
3. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
4. ^ a b Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.101.1133.
5. ^ Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. abstract.

## External links[edit]

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7521178
* Wikispecies: Simpulopsidae
* CoL: 7NL2G
* EoL: 31657435
* GBIF: 8003410
* IRMNG: 11904622
* WoRMS: 870047

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