''Lucidella'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

s with an operculum,

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the subfamily

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

of the family

Helicinidae Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails, terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea. Name These snails are not at all closely related to the air-breathing land snails, despite a superficial simila ...

.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 is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

and Caribbean: *

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

- one undescribed species * Jamaica - 12 species * Cuba - 4 species: '' Lucidella granulum'', ''

Lucidella granum ''Lucidella'' is a genus of land snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vianinae of the family Helicinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucidella Swainson, ...

'', '' Lucidella rugosa'', '' Lucidella tantilla''. *

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...

- 1 specie:

Lucidella beatensis ''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 of ...

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

- At least three undetermined species. * From Mexico to

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

- '' Lucidella lirata''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 ''Malacologia'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of malacology, the study of mollusks. The journal publishes articles in the fields of molluscan systematics, ecology, population ecology, genetics, molecular genetics, evolution, an ...

'' 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 The ''Revista de Biología Tropical'' is a bilingual open access scientific journal published by the University of Costa Rica covering research in the field of tropical biology and conservation biology. It was established in 1953. It is indexed and ...

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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

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 *

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

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 ''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 of ...

'' (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 of ...

'' C. B. Adams, 1850 ** ''Lucidella granulosa undulata'' Pfeiffer, 1862 * '' Lucidella inaequalis'' (Pfeiffer, 1859) * '' Lucidella kobelti'' Wagner, 1910 subgenus '' Perenna'' * ''

Lucidella foxi ''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 of ...

'' Pilsbry, 1899 * '' Lucidella lineata'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) * '' Lucidella nana'' Pfeiffer, 1857 * ''

Lucidella persculpta ''Lucidella'' is a genus of land snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vianinae of the family Helicinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucidella Swainson, ...

'' Pilsbry & Brown, 1912 * '' Lucidella yallahsensis'' Pilsbry & Brown, 1912 subgenus '' Poenia'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 * ''

Lucidella adamsiana ''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 of ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1849) ** ''Lucidella adamsiana sublaevis'' H. B. Baker, 1934 * '' Lucidella coronula'' (Pfeiffer, 1862) * ''

Lucidella depressa ''Lucidella'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gas ...

'' Gray, 1825 ** ''Lucidella depressa valida'' (C. B. Adams, 1851) * ''

Lucidella pilsbryi ''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 of ...

'' Clapp, 1914 - from Honduras ** ''Lucidella pilsbryi indecora'' Pilsbry, 1930 * ''

Lucidella midyetti ''Lucidella'' is a genus of land snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vianinae of the family Helicinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucidella Swainson, ...

'' Richards, 1938 - from Honduras subgenus ? * '' Lucidella granulum'' (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1864)"Mollusca"
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011. * ''

'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * '' Lucidella lirata'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) - from Mexico to Costa Rica * '' Lucidella rugosa'' (Pfeiffer, 1839) * '' Lucidella tantilla'' (Pilsbry, 1902) - ochre drop''Lucidella tantilla''

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, 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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'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13

References

External links

* http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Lucidella {{Taxonbar, from=Q6696930 Helicinidae Gastropod genera

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