Strophocheilidae



Strophocheilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Fossil record
The genus Eoborus is the family's oldest fossil record, dating from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin) and Uruguay (Santa Lucía Basin).

Genera
The family Strophocheilidae consists of two subfamilies and genera including:

subfamily Strophocheilinae Pilsbry, 1902
 * Anthinus Albers, 1850
 * Gonyostomus Beck, 1837
 * Mirinaba Morretes, 1952
 * Strophocheilus Spix, 1827 - type genus of the family Strophocheilidae

subfamily Megalobuliminae Leme, 1973
 * genus Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 - type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae
 * genus Eoborus Klappenbach & Olazarri, 1970