''Leiostyla'' is a
genus
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of small air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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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 ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Lauriidae
Lauriidae is a family of land snails. It is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) ...
.
[Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedrich-Held-Gesellschaft, 267 pp.] [MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leiostyla R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842729 on 2021-04-29]
The genus ''Leiostyla'' was previously placed in the subfamily Lauriinae, within the family Pupillidae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Leiostyla'' include:
* ''
Leiostyla abbreviata
''Leiostyla abbreviata'' is an extinct species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. It is one of several species sometimes referred as Madeiran land snail.
It is mentioned in anne ...
''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852) - also known as
Madeiran land snail Madeiran land snail is a common name
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* ''
Leiostyla albina
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Pilsbry, 1931)
* ''
Leiostyla anglica''
(A. Férussac, 1821)
* ''
Leiostyla arborea
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(R. T. Lowe, 1855)
* † ''
Leiostyla austriaca
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
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(Wenz, 1921)
* ''
Leiostyla beatae
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
Walther & Hausdorf, 2015
* ''
Leiostyla callathiscus''
(R. T. Lowe, 1831)
* † ''
Leiostyla capellinii
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Sacco, 1886)
* ''
Leiostyla cassida
''Leiostyla cassida'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.
This species is endemic to Portugal. This species is mentioned in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Dire ...
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(R. T. Lowe, 1831)- also known as Madeiran land snail
* ''
Leiostyla cassidula
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla castanea
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
* † ''
Leiostyla castanheiraensis
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
Groh & Pokryszko, 2019
* ''
Leiostyla caucasica
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Leiostyla cheiligona
''Leiostyla cheiligona'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( p ...
''
(R. T. Lowe, 1831)
* ''
Leiostyla colvillei
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
Seddon & Killeen, 1996
* ''
Leiostyla concinna
''Leiostyla concinna'' is a species of land snail in the family Lauriidae. It is endemic to Madeira.
This snail is found on the mountain summits of Madeira, where it lives in moist leaf litter on rocky cliffs near streams. It was listed as a vu ...
''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* † ''
Leiostyla cooki
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
Cameron & Pokryszko, 2019
* ''
Leiostyla corneocostata
''Leiostyla corneocostata'' is a species of land snail in the family Lauriidae known commonly as the Madeiran land snail. It is endemic to Porto Santo Island in the Madeira
)
, anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira")
, ...
''
(Wollaston, 1878) - also known as Madeiran land snail
* ''
Leiostyla crassilabris
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
Hausdorf, 1990
* ''
Leiostyla degenerata
''Leiostyla degenerata'' is a species of land snail in the family Lauriidae. It is endemic to Porto Santo Island in the Madeira
)
, anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira")
, song_type = Regional anthem
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''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* † ''
Leiostyla desertaensis
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
Groh, Cameron & Teixeira, 2019
* ''
Leiostyla eikenboomi
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
Bank, Menkhorst & Neubert, 2016
* † ''
Leiostyla espigaoensis''
Seddon, 1990
* ''
Leiostyla falknerorum''
Bank, Groh & Ripken, 2002
* ''
Leiostyla ferraria''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla filicum''
D. T. Holyoak & Seddon, 1986
* ''
Leiostyla fusca''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla fuscidula''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Leiostyla gibba
''Leiostyla gibba'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. This species is mentioned in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive. It is one of several species someti ...
''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852) - Madeiran land snail
* ''
Leiostyla glomerosa''
(Suvorov & Schileyko, 1991)
* † ''
Leiostyla gottschicki
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Wenz, 1922)
* ''
Leiostyla heterodon''
(Pilsbry, 1923)
* ''
Leiostyla honesta''
(Suvorov & Schileyko, 1991)
* ''
Leiostyla iranica''
E. Gittenberger & Pieper, 1988
* ''
Leiostyla irrigua''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* † ''
Leiostyla krstichae''
Prysjazhnjuk, 2015
* ''
Leiostyla lamellosa
''Leiostyla lamellosa'' is an extinct species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae.
This species is mentioned in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive.
Distribution
This spe ...
''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla laurinea''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla loweana''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Leiostyla macilenta''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla mica''
(Schileyko, 1998)
* ''
Leiostyla millegrana''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla monticola''
(R. T. Lowe, 1831)
* ''
Leiostyla nemethi''
Hausdorf, 1996
* ''
Leiostyla numidica''
(Bourguignat, 1864)
* ''
Leiostyla paphlagonica''
Hausdorf, 1990
* ''
Leiostyla paulinae
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Lindholm, 1913)
* † ''
Leiostyla piserai''
Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2018
* ''
Leiostyla pontica''
(Retowski, 1889)
* † ''
Leiostyla priscilla''
(Paladilhe, 1873)
* ''
Leiostyla pulchra
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Retowski, 1883)
* ''
Leiostyla recta''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla rectidentata''
(Schileyko, 1976)
* ''
Leiostyla relevata
''Leiostyla relevata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Lauriidae. It is endemic to Ilhéu de Baixo, an islet near Porto Santo Island
Porto Santo Island () is a Portuguese island northeast of Madeira Island in th ...
''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Leiostyla rugulosa''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Leiostyla schweigeri
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Götting, 1963)
* ''
Leiostyla silicea''
(Schileyko, 1975)
* † ''
Leiostyla simulans''
Cameron & Groh, 2019
* ''
Leiostyla simulator''
(Pilsbry, 1923)
* ''
Leiostyla sinangula''
(Schileyko, 1975)
* ''
Leiostyla sphinctostoma''
(R. T. Lowe, 1831)
* † ''
Leiostyla subcorneocostata''
Seddon, 1990
* ''
Leiostyla superba''
Hausdorf, 1990
* ''
Leiostyla superstructa''
(Mousson, 1876)
* ''
Leiostyla taeniata''
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla tenuimarginata
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Pilsbry, 1922)
* ''
Leiostyla tesselata''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Leiostyla vermiculosa''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Leiostyla vincta''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Leiostyla vitrea''
(Schileyko, 1988)
* † ''
Leiostyla wollastoni''
(Paiva, 1866)
* ''
Leiostyla zonifera
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Pilsbry, 1934)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Leiostyla adolfi''
Pokryszko, 1991: synonym of ''
Leiostyla paulinae
''Leiostyla'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.Falkner G., Obrdlík P., Castella E. & Speight M. C. D. 2001 ''Shelled Gastropoda of Western Europe''. München: Friedri ...
''
(Lindholm, 1913) (junior synonym)
References
* Lindholm, W. A. (1924). A revised systematic list of the genera of the Clausiliidae, recent and fossil, with their subdivisions, synonymy, and types. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 16 (1)
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
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Lauriidae
Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe
Gastropod genera
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