Bulimulidae


Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.

Distribution

Distribution of species in the family Bulimulidae includes Ecuador and other South American countries.

Fossil record

The family's oldest fossil record dates from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil.

Anatomy

Members of this family have a haploid chromosome number between 26 and 30.
Shells of species within Bostrycinae have a smooth protoconch and the genital organs feature a relatively long penis sheath.

Taxonomy

Previously, the members of the Orthalicidae were also included in this subfamily, as the subfamily Orthalicinae, and the taxa listed here were placed in their own subfamily, the Bulimulinae.

2005 taxonomy

Bulimulinae was placed in the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda.
The subfamily Bulimulinae included 3 tribes:
Breure et al. moved Bothriembryon to Placostylidae, elevated Bulimulinae to Bulimulidae and Odontostomini to Odontostomidae.

2012 taxonomy

Breure & Romero confirmed previous results from 2010, additionally they elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae. There are three subfamilies within Bulimulidae:
Genera in the family Bulimulidae include:
;subfamily Bulimulinae Tryon, 1887
;subfamily Peltellinae
;subfamily Bostrycinae
;within Bulimulidae, subfamily ?
;unsorted, maybe within Bulimulidae