''Leiostracus'' is a
genus of small to medium-sized
neotropical, 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,
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 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
endemic to
South America, occurring in
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
,
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
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
''Leiostracus carnavalescus'', or Harlequin Snail, is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae
Simpulopsidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, te ...
''
Simone & Salvador, 2016
* ''
Leiostracus cinnamomeolineatus
''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 ...
''
( 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
''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 ...
''
(Palma & Brito, 1974)
* ''
Leiostracus fetidus''
Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
* ''
Leiostracus goniotropis
''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 ...
''
(Ancey, 1904)
* ''
Leiostracus manoeli
''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, 1841)
* ''
Leiostracus melanoscolops
''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 ...
''
(Dohrn, 1882)
* ''
Leiostracus obliquus
''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 ...
''
(Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Leiostracus omphaloides
''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 ...
''
(Menke, 1846)
* ''
Leiostracus onager
''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 ...
''
(Beck, 1837)
* ''
Leiostracus perlucidus
''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 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
''Leiostracus vittatus'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Simpulopsidae
Simpulopsidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gas ...
''
(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
''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...
''
(Forcart, 1954) (original combination)
* ''Leiostracus polygrammus''
( Moricand, 1836): synonym of ''
Drymaeus polygramma''
(S. Moricand, 1836)
* ''Leiostracus studeri''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of ''
Drymaeus studeri
''Drymaeus'' is a large genus of medium-sized air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Drymaeus Albers, 1850. ...
''
(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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