Epiphragmophorinae is a subfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Xanthonychidae (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies.
Shileyko (2004) listed 40 species within Epiphragmophorinae. There are about 65 recognized species within Epiphragmophorinae in 2017.
Anatomy This family is defined by the absence of a diverticulum. These snails have one dart apparatus with a stylophore (dart sac), and one or two mucous glands that are inserted on the dart sac and on the accessory sac, or at the base of the dart sac.
Genera Genera within the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae include: Angrandiella Ancey, 1886Schileyko A. A. (2004). "Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs, Part 12: Bradybaenidae, Monadeniidae, Xanthonychidae, Epiphragmophoridae, Helminthoglyptidae, Elonidae, Humboldtianidae, Sphincterochilidae, Cochlicellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2, Moscow. (ISSN 0136-0027) Dinotropis Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937 Doeringina Ihering, 1929 Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874 - the type genus of the family Epiphragmophoridae. It occurs from Argentina to Bolivia. Minaselates Cuezzo & Pena, 2017 - with the only species Minaselates paradoxa Cuezzo & Pena, 2017 Pilsbrya Ancey, 1887 - synonym: Poecilostola Ancey 1886
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