Valloniidae


Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

Chromosome number

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30.

Taxonomy

The family Valloniidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Valloniidae include:
  • Acanthopupa Wenz in Fischer & Wenz, 1914
  • Esuinella Harzhauser, Neubauer & Georgopoulou in Harzhauser et al., 2014
  • Nanxiongospira , 1977
  • Sexlamellospira Wang, 1982
  • Shanghuspira Yü, 1977
;Subfamily Acanthinulinae Steenberg, 1917Acanthinula Beck, 1847Pupisoma Stoliczka, 1873Salpingoma F. Haas, 1937Spermodea Westerlund, 1902Zoogenetes Morse, 1864
; Subfamily Valloniinae Morse, 1864Gittenbergia Giusti, Castagnoli & Manganelli, 1985Plagyrona E. Gittenberger, 1977Planogyra Morse, 1864Vallonia Risso, 1826 - the type genus of the family Valloniidae