''Cecilioides'' 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 nom ...
of very small, air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
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 ...
pulmonate 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 e ...
s in the family
Ferussaciidae
Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819997 on 2020-07-30]
Most of the species in this genus live some distance underground. They are usually blind. Because of their subterranean habitat and their small size, they can be difficult to find alive.
When fresh, the shells are transparent. After they have been empty some time in the soil, they usually become an opaque milky-white.
Species
Species within this genus include:
* ''
Cecilioides acicula
''Cecilioides acicula'', common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.
This is a subterranean species.
Desc ...
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(Müller, 1774)
* † ''
Cecilioides aciculella''
(Sandberger, 1872)
* ''
Cecilioides actoniana''
(Benoit, 1862)
* ''
Cecilioides advena''
(Ancey, 1888)
* ''
Cecilioides aperta''
(Guilding in Swainson, 1840)["Mollusca"](_blank)
.
* ''
Cecilioides balanus''
(Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Cecilioides barbozae''
(Maltzan, 1886)
* ''
Cecilioides bensoni''
Gude, 1914 [Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.]
* ''
Cecilioides blandiana''
(Crosse, 1880)
* ''
Cecilioides caledonica
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(Crosse, 1867)
* ''
Cecilioides callipeplum''
(Connolly, 1923)
* ''
Cecilioides clessini''
(Maltzan, 1886)
* ''
Cecilioides connollyi
''Cecilioides connollyi'' is a species of land snail in the family Ferussaciidae. It is endemic to Gibraltar
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Tomlin, 1943
* ''
Cecilioides dicaprio
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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Dourson, Caldwell & Dourson, 2018
* ''
Cecilioides eucharista
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(Bourguignat, 1864)
* ''
Cecilioides eulima
''Cecilioides eulima'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.
This species is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single def ...
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(Lowe, 1854)
* ''
Cecilioides gokweanus
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(O. Boettger, 1870)
* † ''
Cecilioides grateloupi
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(Bourguignat, 1856)
* ''
Cecilioides gundlachi
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(Pfeiffer, 1850)
* ''
Cecilioides iota
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(C. B. Adams, 1845)
* ''
Cecilioides isseli
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(Paladilhe, 1872)
* ''
Cecilioides janii
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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(Strobel, 1855)
* ''
Cecilioides jeskalovicensis
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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A. J. Wagner, 1914
* ''
Cecilioides jod
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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Pilsbry, 1907
* ''
Cecilioides kalawangaensis''
Dartevelle & Venmans, 1951
* ''
Cecilioides manensis''
de Winter, 1990
* ''
Cecilioides mauritiana''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* † ''
Cecilioides munieri''
(Paladilhe, 1875)
* ''
Cecilioides nyctelia''
(Bourguignat, 1856)
* ''
Cecilioides pergracilis
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Registe ...
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Connolly, 1939
* ''
Cecilioides petitiana''
(Benoit, 1862)
* ''
Cecilioides raddei'' (
O. Boettger, 1879)
* ''
Cecilioides raphidia''
(Bourguignat, 1856)
* † ''
Cecilioides senutae''
Pickford, 2009
* ''
Cecilioides sommeri''
(Ferreira & Coelho, 1971)
* ''
Cecilioides spencei''
Dupuis, 1923
* ''
Cecilioides stephaniana''
(Benoit, 1862)
* ''
Cecilioides tribulationis''
(Preston, 1911)
* ''
Cecilioides tumulorum''
(Bourguignat, 1856)
* ''
Cecilioides veneta''
(Strobel, 1855)
* ''
Cecilioides virgo''
(Preston, 1911)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cecilioides consobrina''
(d’Orbigny, 1842):
synonym of ''
Karolus consobrinus''
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
* † ''Cecilioides pseudocylichna''
(De Stefani, 1880): synonym of † ''
Acicula pseudocylichna''
De Stefani, 1880
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1814). Mémoires géologiques sur les terreins formés sous l'eau douce par les débris fossiles des mollusques vivant sur la terre ou dans l'eau non salée. Paris: Poulet. 76 ppHartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2 [30-06-1840 37-116, pl. 13-36 [1841]; 117-156, pl. 37-60 [1842]; 157-204, pl. 61-72 [1843]; 205-227, pl. 73-84 [1844]. St. Gallen]
Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.
Ferussaciidae
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