''Lucidella'' is a

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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 an operculum, terrestrial

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 ...

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s in the subfamily

Vianinae Vianinae is a subfamily of tropical land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following genera are accepted within ''Vianinae'': * '' Calidviana'' ...

of the family Helicinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucidella Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996465 on 2021-05-16

Distribution

Distribution of the genus include

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

and Caribbean: *

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

- one undescribed species * Jamaica - 12 species * Cuba - 4 species: '' Lucidella granulum'', '' Lucidella granum'', '' Lucidella rugosa'', '' Lucidella tantilla''. *

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

- 1 specie: Lucidella beatensis *

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

- At least three undetermined species. * From Mexico to

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

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Lucidella lirata ''Lucidella lirata'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Helicinidae. The species is found in America. References Helicinidae {{Improve categories, date=February 2022 ...

''Richling I. (2004). "Classification of the Helicinidae: Review of morphological characteristics based on a revision of the Costa Rican species and application to the arrangement of the Central American mainland taxa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neritopsina)". '' Malacologia'' 45(2): 195-440
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/ref> Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". '' Revista de Biología Tropical'' 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304
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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

Thompson F. G. (2008). "An Annotated Checklist and Bibliography of the Land and Freshwater Snails of Mexico and Central America". 903 p. Available: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/ nline: 16 June 2008 * South Florida *

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Species

Thompson (2008) recognized four subgenera: ''Lucidella'' Swainson, 1840, '' Poeniella'' H. B. Baker, 1923, '' Lidsleya'' Chitty, 1857, '' Poenia'' H. & A. Adams, 1856. But Rosenberg & Muratov (2006) recognized also subgenus ''Perenna'' on Jamaica. Species within the genus ''Lucidella'' include: subgenus ''Lucidella'' Swainson, 1840 * '' Lucidella aureola'' (Férussac, 1822) - type speciesRosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". ''

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'' 155(1): 117-161. .Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (last update 11 August 2005)
"Recent terrestrial molluscs of Jamaica"
accessed 17 May 2010.

** ''Lucidella aureola montegoensis'' Brown, 1913 * ''

Lucidella granulosa ''Lucidella'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vianinae of the family Helicinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucidella Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' C. B. Adams, 1850 ** ''Lucidella granulosa undulata'' Pfeiffer, 1862 * '' Lucidella inaequalis'' (Pfeiffer, 1859) * '' Lucidella kobelti'' Wagner, 1910 subgenus '' Perenna'' * '' Lucidella foxi'' Pilsbry, 1899 * '' Lucidella lineata'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) * '' Lucidella nana'' Pfeiffer, 1857 * '' Lucidella persculpta'' Pilsbry & Brown, 1912 * '' Lucidella yallahsensis'' Pilsbry & Brown, 1912 subgenus '' Poenia'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 * '' Lucidella adamsiana'' (Pfeiffer, 1849) ** ''Lucidella adamsiana sublaevis'' H. B. Baker, 1934 * '' Lucidella coronula'' (Pfeiffer, 1862) * '' Lucidella depressa'' Gray, 1825 ** ''Lucidella depressa valida'' (C. B. Adams, 1851) * '' Lucidella pilsbryi'' Clapp, 1914 - from Honduras ** ''Lucidella pilsbryi indecora'' Pilsbry, 1930 * '' Lucidella midyetti'' Richards, 1938 - from Honduras subgenus ? * '' Lucidella granulum'' (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1864)"Mollusca"
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011. * '' Lucidella granum'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * ''

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) - from Mexico to Costa Rica * '' Lucidella rugosa'' (Pfeiffer, 1839) * '' Lucidella tantilla'' (Pilsbry, 1902) - ochre drop''Lucidella tantilla''
ITIS, accessed 17 May 2010. * ''Lucidella'' sp. from DominicaRobinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''

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References

External links

* http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Lucidella {{Commonscat Helicinidae

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