Littorinoidea

Caenogastropoda

Hypogastropoda

Littorinimorpha

Superfamily Littorinoidea

Terrestrial Littorinoidea

The Littorinoidea are operculate, gilled snails, both marine and terrestrial. There are five extant families, but only one contains terrestrial species, Pomatiidae, with two subfamilies, Annulariinae and Pomatiinae. Some authors consider the Annulariinae to be a separate family (Annulariidae). The genera with terrestrial species are listed below, by family. Distributions were taken from Compendium of Landshells by R. Tucker Abbott, the Discover Life web site, and the malacos.chez web site.

 

Family Pomatiidae

Subfamily Annulariinae [=Chondropomatidae]

Genera:

Abbottella Dominica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, French Polynesia
Adamsiella Jamaica, Martinique Is., Guyana, Guatemala, Trinidad, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Barbuda, Jamaica
Annularia Cuba, Jamaica, Belize, Mexico (Yucatan)
Blaesospira Cuba
Choanopoma
Choanopomops
Chondropoma Cuba, Florida, Bahamas, Dominica
Chondropometes
Chondrothyra Cuba
Chondrothyrella Cuba
Chondrothyretes
Chondrothyrium
Christophipoma
Cistulops Dutch Antilles
Clydonopoma
Colobostylus
Colonella
Crossepoma
Ctenopoma
Dallsiphona
Diplopoma
Eutudora
Eyerdamia
Haitipoma
Hendersonina Cuba
Jamaicia
Kisslingia
Klattea
Lagopoma
Licina Puerto Rico
Meganipha Dominica
Opisthocoelicum
Opisthosiphon Bahamas, Cuba
Orcuttipoma
Parachondria Jamaica
Parachondrops
Ramsdenia
Rhytidopoma
Rhytidothyra Cuba
Rolleia
Sallepoma
Torrella
Troschelvindex
Tudora Jamaica, Dutch Antilles
Turrithyra Cuba
Weinlandipoma
Xenopoma Cuba
Xenopomoides

 

Subfamily Pomatiidae [=Pomatiasidae]

Genera:

Acroptychia
Cyclotopsis Madagascar, Mauritius Isl.
Georgia Somalia
Leonia Spain, Morocco
Ligatella
Lithidion
Pomatias Europe, Canary Ids., Morocco, Georgia, Malta
Socotora
Tropidophora Madagascar, South Africa, Mayotte Isl.
Tudorella Europe