Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea.
The family Vitrinidae has no subfamilies.Distribution
The distribution of the Vitrinidae includes the Nearctic, western Palearctic, eastern Palearctic, and Ethiopian zones, as well as Hawaii.Anatomy
Snails in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35.Genera in the family Vitrinidae include:
- Eucobresia
- Phenacolimax
- Semilimax
- Vitrina
Cladogram
A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:
