Ampullariidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ampullarioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Architaenioglossa Superfamilia: Ampullarioidea

Familia: Ampullariidae
Subfamiliae (2): Ampullariinae – Pomaceinae

Genera Incertae sedis (5): †Carnevalea – †Doriaca – †Mesolanistes – †Pseudoceratodes – †Sudanistes

Overview of genera (9 + 5†)

Afropomus – Asolene – Felipponea – Forbesopomus – Lanistes – Marisa – Pila – Pomacea – Saulea – †Carnevalea – †Doriaca – †Mesolanistes – †Pseudoceratodes – †Sudanistes

Name

Ampullariidae Gray, 1824

• Type genus: Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799

Synonyms

• Pilidae Preston, 1915
• Afropominae Berthold, 1991
• Lanistinae Starobogatov, 1983
• Sauleini Berthold, 1991

References

• Cowie, R.H. 2015: The Recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. Zootaxa 3940(1): 1–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1. Reference page. 
• Tripathy, B., Sajan, S.K. & Cowie, R.H. 2020. Illustrated catalogue of types of Ampullariidae Gray, 1824 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India, with lectotype designations. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 96(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.47792 Reference page. 

Links

• Ampullariidae in the World Register of Marine Species
• Ampullariidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) Case 2996: Pila Roding, 1798 and Pomacea Perry, 1810 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed placement on the Official List, and Ampullariidae Gray, 1824: proposed confirmation as the nomenclaturally valid synonym of Pilidae Preston, 1915. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 56 :74–76.

Vernacular names

English: Apple snails
日本語: リンゴガイ科
中文: 福寿螺科

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