Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Scolodontoidea and suborder Scolodontina.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851337 on 2021-02-21
Taxonomy The following genera are recognised in the family Scolodontidae:
Polygyratia Gray, 1847 Ridleyconcha Christensen, 2020
Scolodontinae Drepanostomella Bourguignat, 1889 Happia Bourguignat, 1889 - synonym: Ammonoceras L. Pfeiffer, 1855Bank, R.; Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851337 on 2017-11-15 Hirtudiscus Hylton Scott, 1973 Scolodonta Doering, 1875 - type genus of the family Scolodontidae - synonym: Wayampia Tillier, 1980 Systrophia L. Pfeiffer, 1855 Zilchistrophia Weyrauch, 1960
Tamayoinae Guestieria Crosse H., 1872 Happiella H. B. Baker, 1925 - synonym: Occultator Pilsbry, 1926 Microhappia Thiele, 1927 Miradiscops Baker, 1925 Tamayoa H. B. Baker, 1925 - type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae
Genera brought into synonymy Ammonoceras L. Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of Happia Bourguignat, 1890 (non Lamarck, 1822) Entodina Ancey, 1887: synonym of Systrophia (Entodina) Ancey, 1887 represented as Systrophia L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original rank) Occultator Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Happiella H. B. Baker, 1925 Ophiogyra Albers, 1850: synonym of Polygyratia Gray, 1847 (objective junior synonym) Ridleya Ancey, 1901: synonym of Ridleyconcha Christensen, 2020 (invalid: junior homonym of Ridleya Delage & Hérouard, 1899 [Porifera]; Ridleyconcha is a replacement name) Wayampia Tillier, 1980: synonym of Scolodonta Doering, 1875
References
Hausdorf B. (2006). The systematic position of Scolodonta Döring, 1875 and Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 245 (3/4): 161-165 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.