Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.[3][4]
| Ferussaciidae Temporal range: | |
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| Two fresh shells of Cecilioides acicula, scale bar in mm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883[2] |
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This family has no subfamilies.[3] The family name Ferussaciidae is from 1883 and therefore it is more recent than the family name Cecilioididae Mörch, 1864. However, the latter has been declared as a nomen oblitum because it had not been used for over 100 years. Ferussaciidae has been declared a nomen protectum.[3]
Distribution
The distribution of Ferussaciidae includes Africa to Europe and the Near East, tropical Americas, Hawaii and tropical Asia.[1]
Fossil record
Cecilioides sommeri is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin).[5]
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[6]
Genera
Genera within the family Ferussaciidae include: (The following unreferenced, unchecked genera are probably from Schileyko (1999))
- Amphorella Lowe, 1852[citation needed]
- Calaxis Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887[7]
- Cecilioides Férussac, 1814[3][7]
Several members of the family Ferussaciidae. Sketches from 1856. - Conollya Odhner, 1932[7]
- Cylichnidia R. T. Lowe, 1852[citation needed]
- Digoniaxis Jousseaume, 1889[citation needed]
- Ferussacia Risso, 1826 - type genus of the family Ferussaciidae[3][7]
- Geostilbia Crosse, 1867[citation needed]
- Hohenwartiana Bourguignat, 1864[7]
- Karolus Folin, 1870[citation needed]
- Pseudocalaxis Pallary, 1912[citation needed]
- Sculptiferussacia Germain, 1911[7]
References
Further reading
- Schileyko A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4 Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferrussaciidae". In: Ruthenica., Supplement, 2(4): 435–564, Moscow, ISSN 0136-0027.