Gastrodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ?Upper Paleocene, Upper Oligocene-Recent[1]
Two shells of Zonitoides nitidus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Gastrodontidae Tryon, 1866 [2]
Type genus
Gastrodonta Albers, 1850
Genera
See text
Synonyms[3]
Janulinae Wenz, 1923 Poecilozonitinae Pilsbry, 1924

Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). ^[3]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution

The distribution of the Gastrodontidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palearctic, Neotropical and Hawaii.^[4] There are some representatives in Bermuda and Madeira.

Anatomy

Some snail species in this family use love darts made of cartilage.

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).^[5]

Genera

Genera within the family include:

• Gastrodonta Albers, 1850 - type species of the family
• Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927
• Archaegopis Wenz in K. Fischer & Wenz, 1914 †
• Atlantica Ancey, 1887
• Glyphyalinia E. von Martens, 1892
• Godwinia Sykes, 1900
• Janulus Lowe, 1852^[6]
  • Janulus bifrons (R. T. Lowe, 1831)^[6]
  • Janulus pompylius (Shuttleworth, 1852)^[6]
  • Janulus stephanophorus (Deshayes, 1850)^[6]
• Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
• Nesovitrea C. M. Cooke, 1921
• Patulopsis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879
• Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928
• Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884 - Bermuda land snail
• Pseudohyalina Morse, 1864
• Retinella P. Fischer, 1877
• Striatura E. S. Morse, 1864^[6]
  • Striatura milium (Whittemore, 1859)^[6]
• Striaturops Baker, 1928
• Ventridens W. G. Binney & Bland, 1869
• Vermetum Wollaston, 1878
• Vitrinizonites W.G. Binney, 1879
• Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862^[6][7]

Synonyms

• Aegopina Kobelt, 1879: synonym of Retinella P. Fischer, 1877
• Alienitor Iredale, 1937: synonym of Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862 (junior synonym)
• Bermudia Ancey, 1887: synonym of Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884
• Edusa Albers, 1860: synonym of Mesomphix (Moreletia) Gray, 1855 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
• Glyphognomon H. B. Baker, 1930: synonym of Glyphyalinia E. von Martens, 1892
• Glyphyaloides H. B. Baker, 1930: synonym of Glyphyalus H. B. Baker, 1928
• Juno Mazyck, 1889: synonym of Poecilozonites O. Boettger, 1884
• Namoitena Iredale, 1933: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819
• Omphalina Rafinesque, 1831: synonym of Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819 (original rank)
• Politenella Balashov, 2016: synonym of Aegopinella Lindholm, 1927
• Zonitellus H. B. Baker, 1928: synonym of Zonitoides Lehmann, 1862

Cladogram

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of families in the limacoid clade:^[4]