Tylidae

Tylidae
	Tylos punctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Infraorder:	Tylomorpha; Vandel, 1943
Family:	Tylidae; Dana, 1852
Genera
	Helleria Ebner, 1868 ; Tylos Audouin, 1826

Tylidae is a family of woodlice. It contains 23 species, all but one in the genus Tylos, the other being Helleria brevicornis. Together with the family Ligiidae, Tylidae appears to have diverged early from the remaining woodlouse families.

References

↑ "Tylomorpha". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
↑ "Tylidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
1 2 Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2026). "Tylidae Dana, 1852". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
↑ Alice Michel-Salzat; Didier Bouchon (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial LSU rRNA in oniscids". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série III. 323 (9): 827–837. doi:10.1016/S0764-4469(00)01221-X. PMID 11072627.

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[1] "Tylomorpha". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.

[ITIS-2] "Tylidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.

[WoRMS-3] 1 2 Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2026). "Tylidae Dana, 1852". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

[4] Alice Michel-Salzat; Didier Bouchon (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial LSU rRNA in oniscids". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série III. 323 (9): 827–837. doi:10.1016/S0764-4469(00)01221-X. PMID 11072627.