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)