Marine Species Traits - Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895

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Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895

AphiaID

993919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:993919)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815

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Subfamily Polygyrinae Pilsbry, 1895
1. Genus Daedalochila H. Beck, 1837
2. Genus Erectidens Pilsbry, 1953
3. Genus Giffordius Pilsbry, 1930
4. Genus Linisa Pilsbry, 1930
5. Genus Lobosculum Pilsbry, 1930
6. Genus Polygyra Say, 1818
7. Genus Praticolella E. von Martens, 1892
8. Genus Trifaux H. B. Baker, 1935
9. Genus Anchistoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Polygyra Say, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Triodopsinae Pilsbry, 1940
1. Tribe Allogonini K. C. Emberton, 1995
  1. Genus Allogona Pilsbry, 1939
  2. Genus Cryptomastix Pilsbry, 1939
  3. Genus Trilobopsis Pilsbry, 1939
2. Tribe Ashmunellini G. R. Webb, 1954
  1. Genus Ashmunella Pilsbry & T. D. A. Cockerell, 1899
3. Tribe Mesodontini Tryon, 1866
  1. Genus Appalachina Pilsbry, 1940
  2. Genus Fumonelix K. C. Emberton, 1991
  3. Genus Inflectarius Pilsbry, 1940
  4. Genus Mesodon A. Férussac, 1821
  5. Genus Patera Albers, 1850
4. Tribe Stenotrematini K. C. Emberton, 1995
  1. Genus Euchemotrema Archer, 1939
  2. Genus Stenotrema Rafinesque, 1819
5. Tribe Triodopsini Pilsbry, 1940
  1. Genus Neohelix Ihering, 1892
  2. Genus Triodopsis Rafinesque, 1819
  3. Genus Webbhelix K. C. Emberton, 1988
  4. Genus Xolotrema Rafinesque, 1819
6. Tribe Vespericolini K. C. Emberton, 1994
  1. Genus Hochbergellus B. Roth & W. B. Miller, 1992
  2. Genus Vespericola Pilsbry, 1939
Genus Zhenjiangospira W. Yü, 1977 †

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Pilsbry, H. A. (1893-1895). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 9: Helicidae, Vol. 7, Guide to the study of Helices. pp i-xlviii, 1-366, pls 1-71. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls 1-14, 16 Nov 1893; pp. 49-112, pls 15-28, 19 Mar 1894; pp. 113-160, pls 29-40, 27 Jul 1894; pp. 161-366, pls 41-71, i-xlviii, 2 Feb 1895; index 1-126, April 1895]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1102607
page(s): xxxii, xxxiii; note: as Polygyrinae [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993919 on 2026-06-03

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993919 on 2026-06-03

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original description Pilsbry, H. A. (1893-1895). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 9: Helicidae, Vol. 7, Guide to the study of Helices. pp i-xlviii, 1-366, pls 1-71. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls 1-14, 16 Nov 1893; pp. 49-112, pls 15-28, 19 Mar 1894; pp. 113-160, pls 29-40, 27 Jul 1894; pp. 161-366, pls 41-71, i-xlviii, 2 Feb 1895; index 1-126, April 1895]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1102607
page(s): xxxii, xxxiii; note: as Polygyrinae [details]

additional source Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. Malacologia. 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494 [details]

status source ICZN. (1992). Opinion 1691. Polygyra Say, 1818 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): Polygyra septemvolva Say, 1818 designated as the type-species and Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895 given precedence over Mesodontidae Tryon, 1866. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 49 (3): 240–241., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12231307 [details]

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