Urocyclidae
Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, semi-slugs and land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea,.
Some species within this family make and use love darts before mating.Distribution
The Urocyclidae are distributed in the Afrotropical realm, including Madagascar, the Comores and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea.Taxonomy
The family Urocyclidae consists of 2 subfamilies, that follows classification of Urocyclinae by Van Goethem :
- subfamily Urocyclinae Simroth, 1889
- * tribe Urocyclini Simroth, 1889 - synonyms: Atoxonini Schileyko, 2002; Buettneriini Schileyko, 2002
- * tribe Dendrolimacini Van Goethem, 1977
- * tribe Leptichnini Van Goethem, 1977
- * tribe Upembellini Van Goethem, 1977
- subfamily Sheldoniinae Connolly, 1925 - synonyms: Peltatinae Godwin-Austen, 1912; Trochonanininae Connolly, 1912; Trochozonitinae Iredale, 1914; Ledoulxiinae Pilsbry, 1919; Gymnarionidae Von Mol, 1970; Rhysotinidae Schileyko, 2002; Zonitarionini Schileyko, 2002; Acantharionini Schileyko, 2002
Genera
Genera within the family Urocyclidae include:
Subfamily Urocyclinae
tribe Urocyclini
- Atoxon Simroth, 1888
- Buettnerella Simroth, 1910 - synonym: Buettneria Simroth, 1888
- Urocyclus Gray, 1864 - the type genus of the family Urocyclidae
Tribe Dendrolimacini
- Dendrolimax Heynemann, 1868 - the type genus of the tribe Dendrolimacini
Tribe Leptichnini
- Leptichnus Simroth, 1896 - the type genus of the tribe Leptichnini
Tribe Upembellini
- Upembella Van Goethem, 1969 - the type genus of the tribe Upembellini
Subfamily Sheldoniinae
- Acantharion Binder & Tillier, 1985
- Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919
- Ledoulxia Bourguignat, 1885
- Rhysotina Ancey, 1887
- Sheldonia Ancey, 1887 - the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae
- Trochonanina Mousson, 1869
- Trochozonites Pfeffer, 1883
- Zonitarion Pfeffer, 1883
Unsorted:
- Centrafricarion Van Mol, 1970
- Verrucarion van Mol, 1970
- Zingis
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family to other families in the limacoid clade:
