''Hemicycla'' is a
genus
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of medium-sized 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 ...
s in the family
Helicidae, the typical snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996423 on 2021-02-27]
Species
Species within the genus ''Hemicycla'' include:
* ''Hemicycla adansoni'' P.B. Webb & S. Berthelot, 1833
* ''
Hemicycla berkeleii''
(R. T. Lowe, 1861)
* ''
Hemicycla bethencourtiana'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Hemicycla bidentalis'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Hemicycla cardiobola'' (J. Mabille, 1882) †
* ''
Hemicycla collarifera'' O. Boettger, 1908 †
* ''
Hemicycla consobrina'' (A. Férussac, 1822)
* † ''
Hemicycla desculpta'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla diegoi''
Neiber, R. Vega-Luz, R. Vega-Luz & Koenemann, 2011
* † ''
Hemicycla digna'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla distensa'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla efferata
''Hemicycla'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla ethelema'' (J. Mabille, 1882)
* ''
Hemicycla eurythyra'' O. Boettger 1908 - endemic to Tenerife
[Yanes Y., Martín J., Artiles M., Moro L., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2009). "Rediscovery and redescription of an almost unknown ''Hemicycla'' species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae): ''H. eurythyra'' O. Boettger 1908 from Tenerife, Canary Islands". '']Journal of Conchology
The ''Journal of Conchology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, covering research in conchology and malacology. It claims to be the world's oldest continuing publication on t ...
'' 40(1): 31-36
abstract
* ''
Hemicycla flavistoma'' Ibáñez & Alonso, 1991
* ''
Hemicycla fritschi'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla fuenterroquensis'' Castro, Yanes, Alonso & Ibáñez, 2012
* ''
Hemicycla fulgida'' Alonso & Ibáñez, 2007
* ''
Hemicycla gaudryi'' (d'Orbigny, 1839)
* ''
Hemicycla glasiana'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Hemicycla glyceia
''Hemicycla'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (J. Mabille, 1882)
* ''
Hemicycla gomerensis
''Hemicycla'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (Morelet, 1864)
* ''
Hemicycla granomalleata
''Hemicycla'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Hemicycla guamartemes
''Hemicycla'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (Grasset, 1857)
* ''
Hemicycla hedybia
''Hemicycla'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (J. Mabille, 1882)
* ''
Hemicycla idairae'' Verbinnen & Swinnen, 2014;
* ''
Hemicycla incisogranulata'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla inutilis'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla invernicata'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla laurijona'' Alonso & Ibáñez, 2007
* ''
Hemicycla mascaensis'' Alonso & Ibáñez, 1988
* ''
Hemicycla maugeana'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Hemicycla melchori'' R. Vega-Luz & R. Vega-Luz, 2008
* † ''
Hemicycla merita'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla modesta'' (A. Férussac, 1822)
* † ''
Hemicycla montefortiana'' Beck & Rähle, 2006
* † ''
Hemicycla moussoniana'' (Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Hemicycla paeteliana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
* ''
Hemicycla paivanopsis'' (J. Mabille, 1882)
* ''
Hemicycla perraudierei'' (Grasset, 1857)
* † ''
Hemicycla perrieri'' (J. Mabille, 1882)
* ''
Hemicycla planorbella'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Hemicycla plicaria'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Hemicycla pouchadan'' Ibáñez & Alonso, 2007
* ''
Hemicycla pouchet'' (A. Férussac, 1821)
* ''
Hemicycla psathyra'' (R. T. Lowe, 1861)
* ''
Hemicycla quadricincta'' (Morelet, 1864)
* ''
Hemicycla saponacea'' (R. T. Lowe, 1861)
* ''
Hemicycla sarcostoma'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Hemicycla saulcyi'' (d'Orbigny, 1839)
* † ''
Hemicycla semitecta'' (Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Hemicycla vermiplicata'' (Wollaston, 1878)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
*
Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp.
Helicidae
Gastropod genera
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