''Alycaeus'' is a
genus of small
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s with a
gill 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 ...
mollusks 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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alycaeus'' include:
* ''
Alycaeus alticola
''Alycaeus'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill 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 ...
'' 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
''Alycaeus'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Alycaeinae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Alycaeus Gray, ...
'' Adams, 1870
* ''
Alycaeus hosei
''Alycaeus'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Alycaeinae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Alycaeus Gray, ...
'' Godwin-Austen, 1889
*''
Alycaeus ikanensis
''Alycaeus'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Alycaeinae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Alycaeus Gray, ...
'' 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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