''Ellobium'' is a

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of medium-sized, air-breathing, saltmarsh

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s in the family

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.Bouchet, P. (2014). Ellobium Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206412 on 2014-06-10 ''Ellobium'' is the

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of the family Ellobiidae. Ellobium pyramidale-2

Species

Species within the genus ''Ellobium'' include: * '' Ellobium abollenense'' (Fontannes, 1877) † * '' Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Ellobium aurismidae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Ellobium boriesi'' (Plaziat, 1970) † * '' Ellobium chinense'' (Pfeiffer, 1864) * '' Ellobium citharellaeforme'' Wenz, 1922 † * '' Ellobium dominicense'' (Férussac, 1821) * '' Ellobium gangeticum'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) * '' Ellobium gaziense'' (Preston, 1913) * '' Ellobium grateloupi'' (Tournouër, 1871) † * '' Ellobium hanleyanum'' (Gassies, 1869) * '' Ellobium heberti'' (Vasseur, 1881) † * '' Ellobium incrassatum'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) * '' Ellobium koerti'' Huckriede, 1967 † * '' Ellobium lorteti'' (Fontannes, 1876) † * '' Ellobium namneticum'' (Vasseur, 1881) † * '' Ellobium oblongum'' (Deshayes, 1830) † * '' Ellobium olivaeforme'' (Briart & Cornet, 1887) † * '' Ellobium pontileviense'' (de Morgan, 1917) † * '' Ellobium pyramidale'' Sowerby, 1822 * '' Ellobium requienii'' (Matheron, 1843) † * '' Ellobium roberti'' (de Morgan, 1917) † * '' Ellobium scheepmakeri'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1850) * '' Ellobium scotinum'' (Cossmann, 1902) † * '' Ellobium semisculptum'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * '' Ellobium simplex'' (Cossmann, 1895) † (taxon inquirendum) * '' Ellobium stagnale'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Ellobium strangulatum'' (de Morgan, 1917) † * '' Ellobium subjudae'' (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) † * '' Ellobium subnodosum'' (Metcalfe, 1851) * '' Ellobium tornatelliforme'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) * '' Ellobium vicentinum'' (Fuchs, 1870) † ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Ellobium australe'' Röding, 1798: synonym of '' Placostylus fibratus'' (Martyn, 1784) * ''Ellobium barbadense'' Röding, 1798: synonym of '' Melampus coffea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Ellobium dactylus'' (Pfeiffer, 1854): synonym of '' Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Ellobium durlstonense'' Arkell, 1941 †: synonym of '' Juramarinula durlstonensis'' (Arkell, 1941) † (new combination) * ''Ellobium gangetica'' ic synonym of '' Ellobium gangeticum'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) * ''Ellobium grande'' (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †: synonym of '' Semiauricula grandis'' (Briart & Cornet, 1887) † (new combination) * ''Ellobium labrosum'' Röding, 1798: synonym of '' Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Ellobium midae'' Röding, 1798: synonym of '' Ellobium aurismidae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Ellobium oparicum'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of '' Auriculastra oparica'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (original combination) * ''Ellobium semiplicatum'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of '' Auriculastra semiplicata'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (original combination) * ''Ellobium subtile'' Röding, 1798: synonym of '' Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

* Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Vita Malacologica. 4: 29-62

External links

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91.

Martins, A. M. de F. (1996) ''Anatomy and systematics of the Western Atlantic Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)''. Malacologia 37: 163-332

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