Oxychilidae
| Oxychilidae | |
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| A live individual of the semi-slug species Daudebardia rufa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Order: | Stylommatophora | 
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea | 
| Family: | Hesse in Geyer, 1927 (1879)[1]  | 
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Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.
Distribution
The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopia and Hawaii.[3]
Taxonomy
The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Subfamily Oxychilinae Hesse, 1927 (1879) - synonyms: Helicellinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (inv.); Hyalininae Clessin, 1876 (inv.); Hyaliniinae Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879; Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
 - Subfamily Daudebardiinae Kobelt, 1906
 - Subfamily Godwiniinae Cooke, 1921
 - Subfamily Nastiinae A. Riedel, 1989
 
Genera
Genera within the Oxychilidae include:
Subfamily Oxychilinae
- Allogenes Gude, 1911
 - Araboxychilus A. Riedel, 1977
 - Cellariopsis A.J.Wagner, 1914
 - Conulopolita O. Boettger, 1879
 - Discoxychilus A. Riedel, 1966
 - Eopolita Pollonera, 1916
 - Gastranodon O. Boettger, 1889
 - Iranoxychilus A. Riedel, 1998
 - Mediterranea Clessin, 1880 - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
 - Morlina A. J. Wagner 1914[5] - sometimes as a subgenus of Oxychilus[4]
 - Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833[5]
 - Pseudopolita Germain, 1908
 - Vitrinoxychilus A. Riedel, 1963
 
Subfamily Daudebardiinae
- Carpathica A. J. Wagner, 1895[6]
 - Daudebardia Hartmann, 1821[5][6] - type genus of the subfamily Daudebardiinae
 
Subfamily Nastiinae
- Nastia Riedel, 1989
 - Schistophallus A. J. Wagner, 1914
 
Subfamily incertae sedis
- Selenochlamys Boettger, 1883
 
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families within the limacoid clade:[3]
References
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- ^ Hesse P. (1927). Unsere Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken, 3rd ed.: 47.
 - ^ "Daudebardiidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ a b c d "Oxychilus". Molluscs of central Europe, accessed 4 September 2010.
 - ^ a b c Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. (2001). Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe. München: Friedrich-Held-Gesellschaft, 267 pp.
 - ^ a b "Daudebardiidae". Molluscs of central Europe, accessed 4 September 2010.
 
