Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata. [1]
Distribution
Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.[2]
Genera
Genera within the family Chronidae include:
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Antinous Robson, 1914
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Atrichoconcha Bartsch, 1942
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Bekkochlamys Habe, 1958
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Ceratochlamys Habe, 1946
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Chronos Robson, 1914 - type * of the family Chronidae
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Danjochlamys Y. Azuma & M. Azuma, 1993
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Exrhysota H. B. Baker, 1941
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Gastrodontella Möllendorff, 1901
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Glyptobensonia Möllendorff, 1894
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Hemiglypta Möllendorff, 1893
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Hemiglyptopsis Thiele, 1931
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Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956
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Japanochlamys Habe, 1946
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Kaliella W. T. Blanford, 1863
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Lamarckiella Möllendorff, 1898
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Lepidotrichia Bartsch, 1942
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Macroceras C. Semper, 1870
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Nesokaliella Gerlach, 1998 - endemic to the Seychelles
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Nipponochlamys Habe, 1945
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Otesiopsis Habe, 1946
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Parakaliella Habe, 1946
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Pararyssota Bartsch, 1938
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Platymma Tomlin, 1938
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Ponapea H. B. Baker, 1941
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Pseudhelicarion Möllendorff, 1894
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Pseudokaliella Godwin-Austen, 1910
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Ryssota Albers, 1850
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Striokaliella Thiele, 1931
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Takemasaia Azuma & Minato, 1976
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Trichobensonia Möllendorff, 1902
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Trochochlamys Habe, 1946
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Trukrhysa H. B. Baker, 1941
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Vitrinoidea C. Semper, 1873
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Vitrinopsis C. Semper, 1873
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Yamatochlamys Habe, 1945
- Synonyms
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Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)
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Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name)
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Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:[2]
limacoid clade Staffordioidea Staffordiidae
Dyakioidea Dyakiidae
Gastrodontoidea Pristilomatidae
Chronidae
Euconulidae
Trochomorphidae
Gastrodontidae
Oxychilidae
Parmacelloidea Trigonochlamydidae
Parmacellidae
Milacidae
Zonitoidea Zonitidae
Helicarionoidea Helicarionidae
Ariophantidae
Urocyclidae
Limacoidea Vitrinidae
Boettgerillidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
References
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
