Elonidae
# Elonidae

Elonidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.

This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

## Subfamilies and genera

The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

* Eloninae Gittenberger, 1977
* Klikiinae H. Nordsieck, 1986

### Genera

Genera in the family Elonidae include:

* † Cyrtochilus F. Sandberger, 1875
* † Eurystrophe Gude, 1911
* †Joossia Pfeffer, 1930
* † Lychnopsis Vidal, 1917
* † Megalocochlea Wenz, 1919
* † Papillotopsis H. Binder, 2017
* † Puisseguria Schlickum, 1975

**Eloninae**

* The type genus is Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. It is a monotypic genus, with only one species: Elona quimperiana
* † Galactochiloides Wenz, 1919
* Norelona Nordsieck, 1986
   * Norelona pyrenaica (Draparnaud, 1805)
* † Tropidomphalus Pilsbry, 1895

**Klikiinae**

* † Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909
* † Klikia Pilsbry, 1895
* † Pseudochloritis C. R. Boettger, 1909

**Synonyms**

* Sterna Albers, 1850: synonym of Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 ((Invalid: junior homonym of Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 [Aves]))
* † Steklovia Schlickum & Strauch, 1972: synonym of † Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 † (junior subjective synonym)
