''Alycaeus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of small
land snails with a
gill
A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they ar ...
and an
operculum,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropo ...
. 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:
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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
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Alycaeus altis
''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, ...
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** ''Alycaeus altis pirus'' Möllendorff, 1902
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Alycaeus balingensis'' Tomlin, 1948
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Alycaeus carinata'' Maassen, 2006
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Alycaeus charasensis
''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 clementsi
''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
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Alycaeus conformis
''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, ...
'' Fulton, 1902
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Alycaeus costacrassa
''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 expansus
''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
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Alycaeus galbanus
''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
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Alycaeus gibbosulus
''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, ...
'' Stoliczka, 1872
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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
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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
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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
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Alycaeus jousseaumei'' Morgan, 1885
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Alycaeus kapayanensis'' Morgan, 1885
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Alycaeus kelantanensis'' Sykes, 1902
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Alycaeus kurauensis
''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 liratulus
''Alycaeus'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum (gastropod), operculum, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Alycaeinae.MolluscaBase eds. ...
'' Preston, 1907
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Alycaeus perakensis'' Crosse, 1879
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Alycaeus regalis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
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Alycaues roebeleni'' Möllendorff, 1894
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Alycaeus selangoriensis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
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Alycaeus senyumensis'' Foon & Liew, 2017
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Alycaeus thieroti'' Morgan, 1885
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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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