Vitrinidae

Vitrinidae
	Unidentified member of the family
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Limacoidea
Family:	Vitrinidae; Fitzinger, 1833
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Phenacolimacinae Schileyko, 1986; Semilimacinae Schileyko, 1986;

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). ^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of the Vitrinidae includes the Nearctic, western Palearctic, eastern Palearctic, and Ethiopian zones, as well as Hawaii.^[2]

Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).^[3]

Genera in the family Vitrinidae include:^[4]

Balcanovitrina Ošanova & L. Pintér, 1968: synonym of Semilimacella Soós, 1917
Chlamydea Westerlund, 1886: synonym of Semilimax Gray, 1847
Cobresia Hübner, 1810: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801
Gallandia Bourguignat, 1880: synonym of Oligolimax P. Fischer, 1878
Helicolimax J. Férussac, 1807: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801
Hyalina S. Studer, 1820: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801 (non Schumacher, 1817)
Pagana Gistel, 1848: synonym of Vitrina Draparnaud, 1801
Targionia P. Hesse, 1923: synonym of Semilimacella Soós, 1917
Tozzettia P. Hesse, 1924: synonym of Semilimacella Soós, 1917
Trochovitrina O. Boettger, 1880: synonym of Oligolimax P. Fischer, 1878 (junior synonym)
Vitrinopugio Ihering, 1892: synonym of Semilimax Gray, 1847 (unavailable; objective junior synonym)
Vitriplutonia Collinge, 1893: synonym of Plutonia Morelet, 1864

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:^[2]

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitrinidae Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875674 on 2022-02-01
^ a b Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
^ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
^ "Vitrinidae (family in Limacoidea)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

Schileyko, A. A. (1986). Sistema i filogeniya Vitrinidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata). In: Y. I. Starobogatov & Schileyko, A. A. (eds.), Morfologicheskie i ekologicheskie osnovy sistematiki molljuskov. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. 148: 124-157. Leningrad

Fitzinger, L.J. (1833). Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben. Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreichs's unter der Enns, 3: 88-122. Wien
Pfarrer, B., Rowson, B., Tattersfield, P. & Neubert, E. (2021). Phylogenetic position of African Vitrinidae: Old family groups unraveled. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2021: 1–19.