''Leiostracus'' is a

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of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing

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s in family

Simpulopsidae Simpulopsidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: World Regist ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877282 on 2020-05-04 This genus is

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, occurring in

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and Brazil.Simone, L. R. L. (2006). ''Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil''. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. .

Species

Species in the genus ''Leiostracus'' include: * '' Leiostracus carnavalescus'' Simone & Salvador, 2016 * '' Leiostracus cinnamomeolineatus'' ( Moricand, 1841) * ''

Leiostracus clouei ''Leiostracus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * '' Leiostracus coxiranus'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) * '' Leiostracus demerarensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1861) * ''

Leiostracus faerie ''Leiostracus faerie'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae. This species is endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republi ...

'' Salvador & Cavallari, 2014 * '' Leiostracus ferreirai'' (Palma & Brito, 1974) * '' Leiostracus fetidus'' Salvador & Cavallari, 2014 * '' Leiostracus goniotropis'' (Ancey, 1904) * '' Leiostracus manoeli'' ( Moricand, 1841) * '' Leiostracus melanoscolops'' (Dohrn, 1882) * '' Leiostracus obliquus'' (Reeve, 1849) * '' Leiostracus omphaloides'' (Menke, 1846) * '' Leiostracus onager'' (Beck, 1837) * '' Leiostracus perlucidus'' (Spix, 1827) * ''

Leiostracus sarchochilus ''Leiostracus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1837) * ''

Leiostracus subtuszonatus ''Leiostracus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1899) * ''

Leiostracus vimineus ''Leiostracus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' ( Moricand, 1833) * ''

Leiostracus vitreus ''Leiostracus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (Spix, 1827) * '' Leiostracus vittatus'' (Spix, 1827) * '' Leiostracus webberi'' Pilsbry, 1939 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Leiostracus coxeiranus'' ( Moricand, 1836): synonym of ''Leiostracus coxiranus'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (junior synonym) * ''Leiostracus kugleri'' Forcart, 1954: synonym of '' Bostryx kugleri'' (Forcart, 1954) (original combination) * ''Leiostracus polygrammus'' ( Moricand, 1836): synonym of ''

Drymaeus polygramma ''Drymaeus'' is a large genus of medium-sized air-breathing, tropical land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaB ...

'' (S. Moricand, 1836) * ''Leiostracus studeri'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of '' Drymaeus studeri'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)

References

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp
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