''Moussonia '' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 ...
mollusc
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s in the family
Diplommatinidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moussonia O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995227 on 2021-08-19]
Species
Species within the genus ''Moussonia '' include:
* ''
Moussonia acuta''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia ahena''
Preston, 1913
* ''
Moussonia barkeri''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia brodieae''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia echinata''
Greķe, 2017
* ''
Moussonia fuscula''
(Mousson, 1870)
* ''
Moussonia hirsuta''
(Zilch, 1953)
* ''
Moussonia hyponepia''
(van Benthem Jutting, 1958)
* ''
Moussonia longipalatalis''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia manuselae''
Greķe, 2017
* ''
Moussonia minutissima''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia monstrificabilis''
Greķe, 2017
* ''
Moussonia obesa''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia omias''
(van Benthem Jutting, 1958)
* ''
Moussonia papuana''
Tapparone Canefri, 1883
* ''
Moussonia polita''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia problematica''
(Mousson, 1865)
* ''
Moussonia pseudoseparanda''
Greķe, 2017
* ''
Moussonia separanda''
Greķe, 2017
* ''
Moussonia strubelli''
(O. Boettger, 1891)
* ''
Moussonia torricelli''
Greķe, 2017
* ''
Moussonia uncinata''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
* ''
Moussonia vitiana''
(Mousson, 1870)
* ''
Moussonia vitianoides''
Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Moussonia apicina''
Gredler, 1885: synonym of ''
Diplommatina apicina
''Diplommatina'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Diplommatina Benson, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marine ...
''
(Gredler, 1885) (original combination)
* ''Moussonia paxillus''
Gredler, 1881: synonym of ''Diplommatina paxillus paxillus''
(Gredler, 1881) (original combination)
* ''Moussonia typica''
O. Semper, 1865: synonym of ''Moussonia problematica''
(Mousson, 1865) (unnecessary substitute name)
References
External links
*
Semper O. (1865). Addition au catalogue des Diplommatinacées. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(3): 294-296
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Diplommatinidae
Gastropod genera