Simpulopsidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Simpulopsis rufovirens 3.jpg |image_caption = dorsal view of ''Simpulopsis rufovirens'' |taxon = Simpulopsidae |authority = Schileyko, 1999 |type_species = |type_species_authority = |synonyms_ref= |synonyms= |display_parents= 3 }}

'''Simpulopsidae''' is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.<ref name="Breure 2012"/><ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870047 on 2021-02-05</ref>

== Taxonomy == === 2005 taxonomy === {{Main|Bulimulidae#2005 taxonomy}} This taxon was placed as the tribe Simpulopsini, in the subfamily Bulimulinae, within the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).<ref name="Bouchet 2005">{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref>

=== 2012 taxonomy === Breure & Romero (2012)<ref name="Breure 2012"/> 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 in the family Simpulopsidae include: * ''Leiostracus'' Albers, 1850<ref name="Breure 2012"/> * ''Rhinus'' Albers, 1860<ref name="Breure 2011 Annotated">Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species". ''ZooKeys'' '''101''': 1-50. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.101.1133|doi-access=free}}.</ref> * ''Simpulopsis'' Beck, 1837 - type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini<ref name="Bouchet 2005"/><ref name="Breure 2008">Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. ''Zootaxa'' '''1768''': 1-40. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01768p040f.pdf abstract].</ref><ref name="Breure 2012"/> ** subgenus ''Eudioptus'' Albers, 1860<ref name="Breure 2011 Annotated"/>

==References== {{Commons category|Simpulopsidae}} {{Reflist}}

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