Partulidae

Partula radiolata

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Animalia — Mollusca

Classis : Gastropoda 
Superfamilia : Partuloidea 
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Pulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra 
Familia : Partulidae 
Pilsbry, 1900

   

Subdivisiones: Genera

Vide commentarium.

Partulidae sunt familia coclearum terrestres in infraordine Stylommatophororum, endemica in insulis Oceani Pacifici.^[1][2]

Genera

Partulidae in tres genera divisae sunt^[3]:

• Eua consistit in quattuor speciebus, solum in Samoa et Tonga distributis.
• Partula consistit in circa centum speciebus, a Belavia ad Insulas Societatis distributis.
• Samoana consistit in circa viginti tres speciebus, in Polynesia et Insulis Mariannae distributis.

Anatomia

Hac in familia, numerus chromosomatum haploidorum variat a 26 ad 30 (secundum aestimationes in tabula).^[4]

Pinacotheca

• 
  Partula gibba
• 
  Partula langfordi
• 
  Samoana fragilis

Notae

1. P. Myers, R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, et T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web.
2. ITIS Standard Report Page: Partulidae
3. R. H. Cowie (1992), Evolution and Extinction of Partulidae, Endemic Pacific Island Land Snails. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 335, No. 1274 (Feb. 29, 1992), pp. 167–191.
4. G. M. Barker, "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. Cited pages: 139 et 142.