''Auriculastra'' is a
genus of air-breathing
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,
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
Ellobiidae, the
salt marsh snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574835 on 2020-06-02]
Species
Species in the genus ''Auriculastra'' include:
* ''
Auriculastra acuta''
Connolly, 1922
* ''
Auriculastra aquensis''
(Tournouër, 1872) †
* ''
Auriculastra badeniensis''
Kókay, 2006 †
* ''
Auriculastra biplicata''
(Grateloup, 1828) †
* ''
Auriculastra brachyspira''
(Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Auriculastra dumasi''
(Cossmann, 1895) †
* ''
Auriculastra duplicata
''Auriculastra duplicata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan in Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikok ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra gassiesi''
(Morelet, 1882)
* ''
Auriculastra hyalina''
(Morelet, 1883)
* ''
Auriculastra incrassata''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra oparica''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra ovata''
(Briart & Cornet, 1887) †
* ''
Auriculastra radiolata''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Auriculastra saccata''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Auriculastra semiplicata''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra siamensis''
(Brandt, 1974)
* ''
Auriculastra subula
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: Wo ...
''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Auriculastra catonis''
(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899): synonym of ''Auriculastra radiolata''
(Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
* ''Auriculastra nana''
Haas, 1950: synonym of ''
Microtralia ovulum''
(Pfeiffer, 1840)
* ''Auriculastra nevillei''
(Morelet, 1882): synonym of ''Auriculastra radiolata''
(Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
References
Nomenclator Zoologicus info* Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp.
* Kókay, J. (2006). Nonmarine mollusc fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene, Bakony Mts., W Hungary. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica. 56, 1-196.
External links
Martens E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 In K. Moebius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: GutmannQuadras, J. F.; Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1895). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex insulis Philippinis. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 27: 73–88, 105–121, 137–149
Ellobiidae
Gastropod genera
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