Treasure of Russian Shells, Supplement 3, Part 2. A review of the genera of the recent terrestrial pectinibranch molluscs
(synopsis mainly based on published data). Littoriniformes: Hainesiidae,
Aciculidae, Cyclophoridae, Craspedopomatidae. by Roman Egorov, November,
2009. 58 pp. In English.
The present work is
continuation of the "Review.." series
started in 2005. The second part is dedicated to the representatives of one of
largest and most diverse group of terrestrial pectinibranch molluscs belonging
to the order Littoriniformes. Terrestrial representatives of this order divided
into a several families. This volume contains a review of four families: Hainesiidae,
Aciculidae, Cyclophoridae and Craspedopomatidae. The systematics and
nomenclature of these difficult groups are revised. Systematic position of some
taxa is changed. Synonymy of some genera is revised and corrected. In total,
the publication contains descriptions and illustrations (of type species or
their relatives) of 84 genera and subgenera (include nominate ones). Many
illustrations are original. Appendix contains descriptions and illustrations of
three problematic genera, originally belongs to the family Cyclophoridae. However,
their systematic position is unclear. The list of cited references contains 199
titles.
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