{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Sultana sultana 112368422.jpg |image_caption = ''Sultana sultana'' |taxon = Orthalicidae |authority = Albers, 1860<ref>Albers J. C. 1860. (Manuscript edited by Eduard von Martens) ''Die Heliceeen nach natürlicher Vervandtschaft systematisch geordnet''. Edition 2, Engelmann, Leipzig, xviii + 359 pp., Orthalicidae is at page 209.</ref> |synonyms_ref = |synonyms= Liguidae <small>Pilsbry, 1891</small> |display_parents= 3 }}
'''Orthalicidae''' ('''orthalicid land snails''') are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the superfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orthalicidae Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870044 on 2021-02-19</ref>
They are medium-sized to large snails, from about 3 cm (about 1.2 inches) to 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) in shell length
== Taxonomy == In former times, this family was often known as the '''Bulimulidae''', but this term may also denote what today is the subfamily Bulimulinae. The subfamily Bulimulinae replaces the former family Bulimulidae Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873.
=== 2005 taxonomy === The Orthalicidae belong to the Orthalicoidea, a superfamily in the order Sigmurethra. Like other stylommatophorans, the Sigmurethra belong to the suborder Helicina. Among the three subfamilies of Orthalicidae, the Bulimulinae are the most diverse, consisting of three tribes:<ref name="Bouchet 2005">{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref>
*subfamily Amphibuliminae P. Fischer, 1873 - synonym Peltellinae Gray, 1855 (check decision of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for Peltellinae) - 17 species<ref name="Breure poster">Breure A., Groenenberg D. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "Gondwana revisited: New insights in the phylogenetic relationships within the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Stylommatophora)". poster. [http://www.ashbreure.nl/snailblog/assets/Poster%20SCC2010_lowres.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309124122/http://www.ashbreure.nl/snailblog/assets/Poster%20SCC2010_lowres.pdf |date=2012-03-09 }}.</ref> *subfamily Bulimulinae Tryon, 1867 - 1243 species<ref name="Breure poster"/><!-- without Odontostominae --> ** tribe Bulimulini Tryon, 1867 - synonyms: Bulimidae Guilding, 1828 (inv.); Berendtiinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1872; Bothiembryontidae Iredale, 1937 ** tribe Odontostomini Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 - 125 species<ref name="Breure poster"/> ** tribe Simpulopsini Schileyko, 1999 - synonym: Tomogeridae Jousseaume, 1877 *subfamily Orthalicinae Albers, 1850 - synonym: Liguidae Pilsbry, 1891 - 83 species<ref name="Breure poster"/>
=== 2010 taxonomy === Breure et al. (2010)<ref name="Breure 2010"/> elevated Bulimulinae to Bulimulidae, Odontostomini to Odontostomidae, Amphibuliminae to Amphibulimidae.<ref name="Breure 2010">Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". ''Basteria'' '''74'''(1-3): 25-31.</ref>
=== 2012 taxonomy === Breure & Romero (2012)<ref name="Breure 2012"/> confirmed previous results from 2010, additionally they elevated Simpulopsini to Simpulopsidae.<ref name="Breure 2012">Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology'' '''141'''(1): 1-20. {{doi|10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020}}.</ref>
== Genera == Genera within the family Orthalicidae include: * ''Aposcutalus'' <small>Dutra & Leme, 1985</small> * ''Clathrorthalicus'' <small>Strebel, 1909</small> *''Corona'' <small>Albers, 1850</small><ref>Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' '''84'''. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/84/nr01/a03 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926124147/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/84/nr01/a03 |date=2018-09-26 }}.</ref><ref name="Breure 2012" /><ref name="Vera">{{cite journal |author=Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila |title=Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) |journal=Biota Colombiana |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=39–62 |year=2008 |url=http://www.siac.net.co/biota/bitstream/123456789/245/1/malacofauna.pdf}}</ref> * † ''Cortana'' <small>Salvador & Simone, 2013</small> * ''Hemibulimus'' <small>Martens, 1885</small><ref name="Vera"/> * ''Kara'' <small>Strebel, 1910</small><ref>Breure A. S. H. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species". ''ZooKeys'' '''101''': 1–50. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.101.1133|doi-access=free}}.</ref> * ''Liguus'' <small>Montfort, 1810</small> * ''Orthalicus'' <small>Beck, 1837</small> - type genus of the family Orthalicidae<ref name="Bouchet 2005"/><ref name="Breure 2012"/> * ''Paeniscutalus'' <small>Wurtz, 1947</small> * ''Porphyrobaphe'' Shuttleworth, 1856<ref name="Breure 2012"/><ref name="Vera"/> * ''Quechua'' <small>Strebel, 1910</small> * ''Scholvienia'' <small>Strebel, 1910</small> * ''Sultana'' <small>Shuttleworth, 1856</small><ref name="Vera"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{in lang|de}} Neubert E. & Janssen R. (2004). "Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 84: Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae (2), Orthalicidae, Placostylidae". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' '''133''': 193–297. [http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_previews/73625.pdf abstract]. * Ramirez J. & Ramírez R. (2010). "Análisis de la estructura secundaria del LSU rRNA mitocondrial de caracoles terrestres peruanos (Orthalicidae: Gastropoda) / Analysis of the secondary structure of mitochondrial LSU rRNA of Peruvian land snails (Orthalicidae: Gastropoda)." ''Revista Peruana de Biología'' '''17'''(1): 53–57. [http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/biologia/v17n1/pdf/a06v17n1.pdf PDF]. * Ramirez J., Ramírez R., Romero P., Chumbe A. & Ramírez P. (2009). "Posición evolutiva de caracoles terrestres peruanos (Orthalicidae) entre los Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda) / Evolutionary position of Peruvian land snails (Orthalicidae) among Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". ''Revista Peruana de Biología'' '''16'''(1): 51–56. [http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/biologia/v16n1/pdf/a05v16n1.pdf PDF].
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Orthalicidae}}
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