''Alycaeus'' is a
genus
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of small
land snail
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s with a
gill
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and an
operculum,
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Cyclophoridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily
Alycaeinae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Alycaeus Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996197 on 2020-05-12]
Distribution
There are recognized 23 species of ''Alycaeus'' in Peninsular
Malaysia
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alycaeus'' include:
* ''
Alycaeus alticola'' Foon & Liew, 2017
* ''
Alycaeus altis''
** ''Alycaeus altis pirus'' Möllendorff, 1902
* ''
Alycaeus balingensis'' Tomlin, 1948
* ''
Alycaeus carinata'' Maassen, 2006
*''
Alycaeus charasensis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
*''
Alycaeus clementsi'' Foon & Liew, 2017
* ''
Alycaeus conformis'' Fulton, 1902
*''
Alycaeus costacrassa'' Foon & Liew, 2017
*''
Alycaeus expansus'' Foon & Liew, 2017
* ''
Alycaeus galbanus'' Godwin-Austen, 1889
* ''
Alycaeus gibbosulus'' Stoliczka, 1872
* ''
Alycaeus globosus'' Adams, 1870
* ''
Alycaeus hosei'' Godwin-Austen, 1889
*''
Alycaeus ikanensis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
* ''
Alycaeus jousseaumei'' Morgan, 1885
* ''
Alycaeus kapayanensis'' Morgan, 1885
* ''
Alycaeus kelantanensis'' Sykes, 1902
*''
Alycaeus kurauensis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
* ''
Alycaeus liratulus'' Preston, 1907
* ''
Alycaeus perakensis'' Crosse, 1879
*''
Alycaeus regalis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
* ''
Alycaues roebeleni'' Möllendorff, 1894
*''
Alycaeus selangoriensis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
*''
Alycaeus senyumensis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
* ''
Alycaeus thieroti'' Morgan, 1885
*''
Alycaeus virgogravida'' Foon & Liew, 2017
References
External links
Baird W. (1850). Nomenclature of molluscous animals and shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cyclophoridae. British Museum, London. 69 pp.
Cyclophoridae
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