Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Stylommatophora > Suborder Helicina > Infraorder Helicoidei > Superfamily Helicoidea

Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Helicellidae*	Ihering, 1909	synonym

Children

Ciliellinae
Geomitrinae
Hygromiinae
Monachinae
Plentuisa Puente & Prieto, 1992
Ponentininae
Trochulus Chemnitz, 1786

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: hedsnäckor

Literature

original description	Tryon, G. W. (1866). Monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. American Journal of Conchology. 2(3): 218-279, pls 1-4 [1 July]; 2(4): 306-327, pls 5-6 [6 October].
basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
additional source	Neiber, M. T., Razkin, O. & Hausdorf, B. (2017). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the land snail family Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Helicoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 111: 169-184.
taxonomy source	Razkin, O., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Prieto, C. E., Martínez-Ortí, A., Arrébola, J. R., Muñoz, B., Chueca, L. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99-117.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292687

Ruud A. Bank. Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5fa32469-68fc-4d8c-bcf1-6f2b916c5e7d