Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842724 on 2021-11-26
Genera Genera within the family Orculidae include:Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)" (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 125 (1/2): 1-86. Alvariella Hausdorf 1996 † Nordsieckula Harl & Harzhauser in Harzhauser et al., 2014 Orcula Held, 1838 Orculella Steenberger, 1925 Pilorcula Germain, 1912 † Pupilorcula Steklov, 1966 Schileykula Gittenberger, 1983 Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837
Synonyms Mesorculella Schileyko, 1976: synonym of Orculella Steenberg, 1925 Pupula Mörch, 1852: synonym of Orcula Held, 1838 Scyphus Cecconi, 1908: synonym of Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837
References
External links J., Haring E., Asami T., Sittenthaler M., Sattmann H. & Páll-Gergely B. (2017). Molecular systematics of the land snail family Orculidae reveal paraphyly and deep splits within the clade Orthurethra (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(4): 778-794