''Gymnarion'' 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 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 ...
mollusks or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
s in the family
Urocyclidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996906 on 2021-01-14]
Species
Species within the genus ''Gymnarion'' include:
* ''
Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae''
(Pollonera, 1906)
* ''
Gymnarion apertus''
E. Binder, 1979
* ''
Gymnarion bequaerti''
E. Binder, 1979
* ''
Gymnarion cheranganiensis''
Connolly, 1925
* ''
Gymnarion chinegris''
E. Binder, 1979
* ''
Gymnarion chirindicus
''Gymnarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
E. Binder, 1981
* ''
Gymnarion corneola
''Gymnarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Morelet, 1867)
* ''
Gymnarion gomesiana
''Gymnarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Morelet, 1867)
* ''
Gymnarion masukuensis
''Gymnarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1899)
* ''
Gymnarion medjensis''
Pilsbry, 1919
* ''
Gymnarion nyasanus
''Gymnarion'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(E.A. Smith, 1899)
* ''
Gymnarion tanganyicae''
(E. von Martens, 1895)
* ''
Gymnarion upembae''
E. Binder, 1979
* ''
Gymnarion vumbae''
E. Binder, 1981
* ''
Gymnarion wittei''
E. Binder, 1979
;Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Gymnarion grandis''
(Beck)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Gymnarion (Lacrimarion) lacrimosus''
Connolly, 1929 : synonym of ''
Lacrimarion lacrimosus''
(Connolly, 1929) (superseded combination)
* ''Gymnarion aloysii-sabaudiae''
(Pollonera, 1906) : synonym of ''Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae''
(Pollonera, 1906) (incorrect original spelling)
* ''Gymnarion lacrimosus''
Connolly, 1929 : synonym of ''
Lacrimarion lacrimosus''
(Connolly, 1929) (original combination)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Pilsbry, H.A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII
Urocyclidae
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