''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family
Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995739 on 2020-11-16]
These snails are restricted to
South India
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territ ...
and
Sri Lanka.
More than eighty
species
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are recognized according to the
World Register of Marine Species
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Species
* ''
Euplecta acalles''
(Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Euplecta acuducta''
(Benson, 1850)
* ''
Euplecta albizonata''
(Dohrn, 1858)
* ''
Euplecta apicata''
(Blanford, 1870)
* ''
Euplecta baconi''
(Benson, 1850)
* ''
Euplecta binoyaensis
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
Godwin-Austen, 1899
* ''
Euplecta cacuminifera''
(Benson, 1850)
* ''
Euplecta colletti''
(E.R. Sykes, 1897)
* ''
Euplecta concavospira''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta eastlakeana''
(O.F. von Möllendorff, 1883)
* ''
Euplecta emiliana
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
* ''
Euplecta fluctuosa
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta foveolata
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
Preston, 1909
* ''
Euplecta gardneri
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Euplecta granulifera
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
Blanford, 1901
* ''Euplecta herosae''
Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of ''
Trichochloritis fouresi''
(Morlet, 1886) (junior synonym)
* ''Euplecta huberi''
Thach, 2018: synonym of ''
Ganesella emma''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (junior synonym)
* ''Euplecta hueae''
Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of ''
Ganesella rostrella''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (junior synonym)
* ''
Euplecta hyphasma
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Euplecta imperforata
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
Schepman, 1918
* ''
Euplecta indica
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Euplecta isabellina
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta laevis''
W.T. Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta lankaensis''
H.B. Preston, 1909
* ''
Euplecta layardi''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1851)
* ''
Euplecta mucosa''
(W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
* ''
Euplecta mucronifera''
Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta neglecta''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta oribates''
Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta partita
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta phidias''
(S.C.T. Hanley & W. Theobald, 1876)
* ''
Euplecta pingoungensis''
Godwin-Austen, 1888
* ''
Euplecta prestoni''
(H.H. Godwin-Austen, 1897)
* ''
Euplecta pulchella''
Blanford, 1905
* ''
Euplecta rosamonda''
(W.H. Benson, 1860)
* ''
Euplecta schneideriana''
I. Rensch, 1930
* ''
Euplecta scobinoides''
E.R. Sykes, 1897
* ''
Euplecta semidecussata''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Euplecta subcastor''
(Beddome, 1891)
* ''
Euplecta subdecussata''
(Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Euplecta subopaca''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Euplecta travancorica''
(Benson, 1865)
* ''
Euplecta trimeni''
(F.P. Jousseaume, 1894)
* ''
Euplecta tripilaris''
(Gredler, 1890)
* ''
Euplecta turritella''
(C.B. Adams, 1869)
* ''
Euplecta verrucula''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
However, Worldwide Mollusc Species Database described (WMSD)
* ''
Euplecta adulta''
(A.R.J.B. Bavay, 1908)
* ''
Euplecta aylvaus''
W.L.H. Dohrn
* ''
Euplecta biserialis''
Unknown
*''
Euplecta divisa''
(E. Forbes, 1851)
* ''
Euplecta haematina''
(O.F. von Möllendorff)
* ''
Euplecta inclinata''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1864)
* ''
Euplecta juvenis''
(E.A. Smith)
* ''
Euplecta minor''
(C. Hedley, 1891)
* ''
Euplecta rathouisii''
(P.M. Heude, 1880)
* ''
Euplecta rosseliana''
(E.A. Smith, 1889)
* ''
Euplecta woodlarkensis''
(C. Hedley, 1891)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel. [1-80, pls 1-7 (1870); 81-128 (1873); 129-168 (1874); 169-224 (1877); 225-264, pls 19–20, 22–23 (1880); 265–290, pl. 21 (1882); 291-327, pls 24–27 (1885)] (publication dates after Zool. Record)
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Gastropod genera