''Japonia'' is a
genus
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of
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 with
opercula,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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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 subfamily
Cyclophorinae of the family
Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropo ...
.
[
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867181 on 2022-04-20]
The genus was created by
Augustus Addison Gould
Augustus Addison Gould (April 23, 1805 – September 15, 1866) was an American conchologist and malacologist.
Biography
Born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, he was the son of music teacher Nathaniel Duren Gould (1781–1864) who was also noted ...
in 1959.
[Gould, A. A. (1859). ''Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History''. 6: 426.]
Species
The genus ''Japonia'' includes the following species:
* ''
Japonia alticola''
(Laidlaw, 1937)
* ''
Japonia anceps''
Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
* ''
Japonia balabacensis''
(E. A. Smith, 1895)
* ''
Japonia bauensis''
Marzuki, T. S. Liew & Mohd-Azlan, 2021
* ''
Japonia borneensis''
(E. A. Smith, 1893)
* ''
Japonia buehleri''
Forcart, 1936
* ''
Japonia bunguranensis''
(E. A. Smith, 1894)
* ''
Japonia celebensis''
(P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1899)
* ''
Japonia changi
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
C.-C. Hwang, 2015
* ''
Japonia ciliocincta''
(Martens, 1865)
* ''
Japonia citharella''
(Gould, 1859)
* ''
Japonia clathrata''
(Heude, 1885)
* ''
Japonia concolor'' (Möllendorff, 1893)
* ''
Japonia crossei
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Morlet, 1886)
* ''
Japonia dido
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Godwin-Austen, 1889)
* ''
Japonia ditropis
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Vermeulen & Junau, 2007
* ''
Japonia duplifolia
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
C.-C. Hwang, 2015
* ''
Japonia fallax
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
B. Rensch, 1931
* ''
Japonia formosana
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905
* ''
Japonia gouldi
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Kobelt, 1902
* ''
Japonia gradata
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Japonia hagenmulleri
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(J. Mabille, 1887)
* ''
Japonia heteroveina''
C.-C. Hwang, 2015
* ''
Japonia hispida''
Minato, 1982
* ''
Japonia hyalina''
Vermeulen & Junau, 2007
* ''
Japonia inornata''
(E. A. Smith, 1893)
* ''
Japonia inouei''
Kuroda & Habe, 1961
* ''
Japonia janus''
Vermeulen & Liew, 2022
* ''
Japonia johnabbasi''
Thach, 2021
* ''
Japonia jucunda''
(E. A. Smith, 1893)
* ''
Japonia junipervallis''
C.-C. Hwang, 2015
* ''
Japonia katorii
''Japonia'' is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Minato, 1985
* ''
Japonia keppeli''
(Godwin-Austen, 1889)
* ''
Japonia lanyuensis''
Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 2001
* ''
Japonia mariei''
(Morlet, 1886)
* ''
Japonia mendicans''
(J. Mabille, 1887)
* ''
Japonia metcalfei''
(Issel, 1874)
* ''
Japonia monggisensis''
Vermeulen & Liew, 2022
* ''
Japonia mucronata''
(Möllendorff, 1888)
* ''
Japonia mundyana''
(Godwin-Austen, 1889)
* ''
Japonia musiva''
(Gould, 1859)
* ''
Japonia pngsiar''
C.-C. Hwang, 2015
* ''
Japonia quinquelirata''
(Möllendorff, 1887)
* ''
Japonia rabongensis''
(E. A. Smith, 1895)
* ''
Japonia sadoensis''
Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903
* ''
Japonia saetigera''
(van Benthem Jutting, 195)
* ''
Japonia shigetai''
Minato, 1985
* ''
Japonia striatula''
Kuroda, 1973
* ''
Japonia subcarinata''
(Möllendorff, 1887)
* ''
Japonia subconica''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
* ''
Japonia subrudis''
Vermeulen & Liew, 2022
* ''
Japonia tadai''
C.-C. Hwang, 2015
* ''
Japonia tambunanensis''
Vermeulen & Liew, 2022
* ''
Japonia tenuipilis''
(Gredler, 1887)
* ''
Japonia thuthaoae''
Thach, 2021
* ''
Japonia tokunoshimana''
Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904
* ''
Japonia trilirata''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
* ''
Japonia trochulus''
(Martens, 1867)
* ''
Japonia wallacei''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
References
* Uchida, R.; Yahya, B. E.; Ahmad, A. H.; Sapaat, A.; Tomiyama, K. (2013). Land Snail Fauna of Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 71 (1–2): 49–59.
External links
Nomenclator Zoologicus infoGould, A. A. (1859). [Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 6: 422–426]
Cyclophoridae
Taxa named by Augustus Addison Gould
{{Cyclophoridae-stub