''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
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 ...
mollusc
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s 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
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and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
More than eighty
species
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are recognized according to the
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Species
* ''
Euplecta acalles''
(Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Euplecta acuducta
''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: ht ...
''
(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
''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 ...
''
(E.R. Sykes, 1897)
* ''
Euplecta concavospira
''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 eastlakeana
''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 ...
''
(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
''Trichochloritis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Camaeninae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trichochloritis Pilsbry, 1891. Accessed through ...
''
(Morlet, 1886) (junior synonym)
* ''Euplecta huberi''
Thach, 2018: synonym of ''
Ganesella emma
''Ganesella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Camaeninae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ganesella W. T. Blanford, 1863. Accessed through: Worl ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (junior synonym)
* ''Euplecta hueae''
Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of ''
Ganesella rostrella
''Ganesella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Camaeninae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ganesella W. T. Blanford, 1863. Accessed through: Worl ...
''
(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: ht ...
''
(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