Pachystyla
| Pachystyla | |
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| Shell of Pachystyla bicolor (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Helicarionidae |
| Genus: | Pachystyla Moerch, 1852 [1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Pachystyla (Caelatura)· accepted, alternate representation | |
Pachystyla is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.[1]
Distribution[edit]
These terrestrial species occur in Mauritius.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Pachystyla include:
- Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
- Pachystyla rufozonata (H. Adams, 1869)
- Pachystyla waynepagei Griffiths, 2000[2]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pachystyla inversicolor (Férussac, 1822): synonym of Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
- Pachystyla leucostyla (L. Pfeiffer, 1855): synonym of Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
- Pachystyla scalpta E. von Martens, 1878: synonym of Dancea semifusca (Deshayes, 1832) (junior synonym)
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pachystyla Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996402 on 2021-11-24
- ^ Florens, F. B. V. and C. Baider. (2007). Relocation of Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852), a Mauritian endemic landsnail believed extinct. J. Mollus. Stud. 73(2) 205-206.
- Morelet, A., 1851. Testacea Africae insularis a Cl. Vesco collecta et ab Morelet descripta. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2)3: 218-221
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links[edit]
- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
- Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp