Hygromiidae


Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.

Anatomy

Some snails in genera within this family create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30.

Taxonomy

The family Hygromiidae consists of the following subfamilies :
Genera with the family Hygromiidae include:
The type genus of this family is Hygromia Risso, 1826.
subfamily Hygromiinae
subfamily Ciliellinae
subfamily Geomitrinae
subfamily Monachainae
subfamily Ponentininae
subfamily ?