''Kalidos'' is a

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of air-breathing

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in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family

Helicarionidae Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea. Distribution The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, Ind ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kalidos Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996393 on 2021-04-10

Description

(Original description) The depressed shell is conoid. It is finely striated, and decussated by fine or coarse spirals. The periphery is rounded or angular. The umbilicus is small. Gude, G. K. (1911). Note on some preoccupied generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9(4): 269-273
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Distribution

This genus occurs in

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Species

Species within the genus ''Kalidos'' include: * '' Kalidos aequivocus'' (Robson, 1914)"ARIOPHANTIDAE"''Kalidos''
accessed 13 September 2010. * '' Kalidos ambatoensis'' Emberton & Griffiths, 2009 * '' Kalidos ambilensis'' Fischer & Bedoucha, 1966 * '' Kalidos ambrae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos amicus'' Fischer Blanc Salvat 1975 * '' Kalidos analamerae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos anceyianus'' Fischer-P & Salvat, 1966 * '' Kalidos andapaensis'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1975 * '' Kalidos angulorchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos anobrachis'' (Dohrn, 1882) * '' Kalidos antsepokensis'' Fischer Blanc Vukad., 1974 * '' Kalidos avanalamerae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos balstoni'' (Angas, 1877) * '' Kalidos bathensis'' (Robson, 1914) * '' Kalidos bathiei'' (Fischer-P & Salvat, 1965) * '' Kalidos beambrae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos benardi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos betsaratae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos boriambrae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos bournei'' Robson, 1914 * '' Kalidos briandi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos cachani'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos calculus'' Fischer & Bedoucha, 1966 * '' Kalidos capdambrae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos capestensis'' Emberton & Griffiths, 2009 * '' Kalidos capuroni'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1975 * '' Kalidos chastellii'' (Ferussac, 1832) * '' Kalidos cleamesi'' (Smith, 1882) * '' Kalidos conorchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos dautzenbergianus'' (Ancey, 1902) * '' Kalidos decaryi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1975 * '' Kalidos dupuyi'' Verdcourt, 2006 * '' Kalidos ekongensis'' (Angas, 1877) * '' Kalidos etiambrae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos eos'' (Dohrn, 1882) * '' Kalidos eucharis'' (Deshayes, 1840) * '' Kalidos fallax'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1975 * '' Kalidos feneriffensis'' (Adams & Angas, 1876) * '' Kalidos fenni'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * '' Kalidos fisakambrae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos fisakus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos foitra'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos fuscoluteus'' (

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, 1840) * '' Kalidos gallorum'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos galokoae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos germodi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos gervaisi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos ginoi'' (Falconieri, 1995) * '' Kalidos glessi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1975 * '' Kalidos globosus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos gora'' Emberton et al., 2010Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". ''

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'' 139(1): 71-141. * '' Kalidos granosculptus'' (Ancey, 1902) * '' Kalidos griffithshauchleri'' Emberton, 2002 * '' Kalidos guernesti'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos helleri'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos hildebrandti'' (Dohrn, 1882) * '' Kalidos hova'' (Odhner, 1919) * ''

Kalidos humbloti ''Kalidos'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kalidos Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Regi ...

'' (Ancey, 1902) * '' Kalidos josephinae'' Emberton & Griffiths, 2009 * '' Kalidos ketronambrae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos kosugei'' Falconieri, 1995 * '' Kalidos lamenni'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos lamyi'' Fischer & Bedoucha, 1966 * '' Kalidos lapillus'' Fischer & Bedoucha, 1966 * '' Kalidos liardi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos loucoubeensis'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos luroni'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos mandamus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos mangokyanus'' (Fischer-P & Salvat, 1965) * '' Kalidos manotrika'' Emberton et al., 2010 * '' Kalidos manta'' Emberton et al., 2010 * '' Kalidos manumboensis'' Emberton, 1994 * '' Kalidos marojezianus'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos maryannae'' Griffiths & Herbert, 2013 * '' Kalidos matoatoa'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos menani'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1993 * '' Kalidos merschardti'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1975 * '' Kalidos microlamyi'' Fischer Blanc Vukad., 1974 * '' Kalidos milloti'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1966 * '' Kalidos minangulorchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos minorchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos montis'' Fischer & Bedoucha, 1966 * '' Kalidos minangulorchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos minorchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos nelamni'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos oleatus'' (Ancey, 1902) * '' Kalidos orchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos oxyacme'' (Ancey, 1902) * '' Kalidos pendutsaratae'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos piperatus'' (Fulton, 1901) * '' Kalidos platorchidus'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos prenanti'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos profugus'' (Ancey, 1902) * '' Kalidos prominens'' Fischer-P & Salvat, 1966 * '' Kalidos propeanobrachis'' Fischer & Bedoucha, 1966 * '' Kalidos prunelli'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos ramesi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos richardi'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * '' Kalidos rioui'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos rudolfi'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos rufescens'' (

, 1840) * '' Kalidos secans'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1975 * '' Kalidos severini'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos striaspiralis'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * '' Kalidos suarezensis'' (Dautzenberg, 1894) * '' Kalidos ternieri'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos thalia'' (Dohrn, 1882) * '' Kalidos toisuarezensis'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos torfani'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 * '' Kalidos tranomarensis'' Fischer Blanc Vukad., 1974 * '' Kalidos tsarabe'' Emberton & Griffiths, 2009 * '' Kalidos tsaratananensis'' Fischer-P & Salvat, 1966 * '' Kalidos tsialangiensis'' Fischer Blanc Vukad., 1974 * '' Kalidos vasihae'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * '' Kalidos vavaboriborius'' Emberton, 2007 * '' Kalidos zahamenensis'' Fischer Blanc Salvat, 1994 ;Species broughht into synonymy: * ''Kalidos acutus'' Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of '' Sitala acuta'' (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination) * ''Kalidos culminis'' Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of '' Sitala culminis'' (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination) * ''Kalidos delphini'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974: synonym of '' Sitala delphini'' (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974) (original combination) * ''Kalidos elevatus'' Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of '' Sitala elevata'' (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination) * ''Kalidos huberi'' Thach, 2018: synonym of '' Kalidos chastellii'' (Deshayes in Férussac, 1832) (junior synonym) * ''Kalidos tenebricus'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975: synonym of '' Kalidos anceyianus'' Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966 (junior synonym) * ''Kalidos tulearensis'' Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of '' Trochonanina tulearensis'' (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)

References

* Robson, G. C. (1914). On a collection of land and freshwater Gastropoda from Madagascar, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 32: 375–389, pl. 35, figs. 1–6. London. * Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q6352557 Helicarionidae