Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata.

Distribution

Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.

Genera

Genera within the family Chronidae include:

• Antinous Robson, 1914

• Atrichoconcha Bartsch, 1942

• Bekkochlamys Habe, 1958

• Ceratochlamys Habe, 1946

• Chronos Robson, 1914 - type * of the family Chronidae

• Danjochlamys Y. Azuma & M. Azuma, 1993

• Exrhysota H. B. Baker, 1941

• Gastrodontella Möllendorff, 1901

• Glyptobensonia Möllendorff, 1894

• Hemiglypta Möllendorff, 1893

• Hemiglyptopsis Thiele, 1931

• Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956

• Japanochlamys Habe, 1946

• Kaliella W. T. Blanford, 1863

• Lamarckiella Möllendorff, 1898

• Lepidotrichia Bartsch, 1942

• Macroceras C. Semper, 1870

• Nesokaliella Gerlach, 1998 - endemic to the Seychelles

• Nipponochlamys Habe, 1945

• Otesiopsis Habe, 1946

• Parakaliella Habe, 1946

• Pararyssota Bartsch, 1938

• Platymma Tomlin, 1938

• Ponapea H. B. Baker, 1941

• Pseudhelicarion Möllendorff, 1894

• Pseudokaliella Godwin-Austen, 1910

• Ryssota Albers, 1850

• Striokaliella Thiele, 1931

• Takemasaia Azuma & Minato, 1976

• Trichobensonia Möllendorff, 1902

• Trochochlamys Habe, 1946

• Trukrhysa H. B. Baker, 1941

• Vitrinoidea C. Semper, 1873

• Vitrinopsis C. Semper, 1873

• Yamatochlamys Habe, 1945

• Synonyms:

• Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)

• Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name)

• Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:

References

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.

External links

• Pfeffer, G. (1878). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Schnecken. I. Die Naniniden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 5: 251-276