''Oxychilus'' is a
genus
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of small air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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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 or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate
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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 ...
s in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family
Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.
Distribution
The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palear ...
, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma''
Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites''
Kobelt, 1890
* ''Euhyalina''
Albers, 1857
* ''Euhyalinia''
J. W. Taylor, 1907
* ''Helicella''
Gray, 1847
* ''Hyalina''
Gray, 1847 (invalid - not Schumacher, 1817 (homonym))
* ''Hyalina''
A. Férussac, 1821
* ''Hyalina (Euhyalina)''
Albers, 1857
* ''Hyalinia''
Charpentier, 1837 (junior synonym)
* ''Hyalinia (Hyalinia)''
Charpentier, 1837 (junior synonym)
* ''Hyalinia (Polita)''
Held, 1838 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Oxychilus)
* ''Hyalofulgida''
Monterosato, 1892
* ''Lindholmella''
C.R. Boettger, 1930
* ''Omalota''
Scudder, 1882
* ''Oxychilops''
C.R. Boettger, 1930
* ''Oxychilus (Alzonula)''
Giusti, 1969 accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Atlantoxychilus)''
A. Riedel, 1964· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Calloretinella)''
F. Haas, 1934· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Costoxychilus)''
Neubert, 1998· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Drouetia)''
Gude, 1911· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Helicophana)''
Westerlund, 1886· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Hyalocornea)''
Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Hyalofusca)''
Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Longiphallus)''
A. Riedel, 1958· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Ortizius)''
Forcart, 1957· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Oxychilus)''
Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Radiolus)''
Wollaston, 1878· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Oxychilus (Tauroxychilus)''
Balashov, 2016· accepted, alternate representation
* ''Polita''
Held, 1838
* ''Zonites (Hyalinia)''
Charpentier, 1837
Species
There are more than 250 accepted names for species (including synonyms) in this genus
Species in the genus ''Oxychilus'' include:
* ''
Oxychilus absoloni
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
(A. J. Wagner, 1914)
* ''
Oxychilus aegopinoides
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Maltzan, 1883)
* ''
Oxychilus agostinhoi''
Martins, 1981
* ''
Oxychilus albuferensis''
Altaba, 2007
* ''
Oxychilus alicurensis
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Benoit, 1857)
* ''
Oxychilus alliarius''
(Miller, 1822)
* ''
Oxychilus altimirai
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
A. Riedel, 1972
* ''
Oxychilus amblyopus
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(J. Mabille, 1869)
* ''
Oxychilus andrei''
Frias Martins, 2017
* ''
Oxychilus anjana
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
Altonaga, 1986
* † ''
Oxychilus applanatus
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
(K. Miller, 1907)
* ''
Oxychilus atlanticus
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
(Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
* ''
Oxychilus basajauna
''Oxychilus basajauna'' is a species of land snail in the family Oxychilidae. It is native to Spain
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Atlonaga, 1990 (uncertain)
* ''
Oxychilus batalhanus
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
de Winter, 1989
* ''
Oxychilus beckmanni
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
Falkner, 2007[Falkner G. (2007). "''Oxychilus'' (''Oxychilus'') ''beckmanni'' n. sp., eine neue Glanzschnecke von der Balearen-Insel Mallorca (Gastropoda: Oxychilidae). pp. 179-185. In: Beckmann K.-H.: ''Die Land- und Süßwassermollusken der Balearischen Inseln''. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 255 pp., .]
* ''
Oxychilus blauneri
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Shuttleworth, 1843)
* ''
Oxychilus brincki
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
A. Riedel, 1964
* † ''
Oxychilus brujasensis
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
(Fontannes, 1884)
* ''
Oxychilus camelinus
''Oxychilus camelinus'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Description
This species was described under the name ''Helix camelina'' from today's ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1852)
* ''
Oxychilus canini
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Benoit, 1843)
* ''
Oxychilus caspius
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...
''
(O. Boettger, 1880)
* ''
Oxychilus cellarius''
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* † ''
Oxychilus chantrei''
(Locard, 1878)
* ''
Oxychilus clarus''
(Held, 1838)
* ''
Oxychilus colliourensis''
(Locard, 1894)
* ''
Oxychilus concinnus
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Westerlund, 1896)
* ''
Oxychilus costatus''
A. Riedel, 1989
* ''
Oxychilus courquini''
(Bourguignat, 1870)
* ''
Oxychilus cyprius''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''
Oxychilus decipiens''
Riedel, 1966
* ''
Oxychilus deilus''
(Bourguignat, 1857)
* ''
Oxychilus denatale''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Oxychilus denselineata''
(P. Hesse, 1914)
* † ''
Oxychilus deplanatus''
(Thomä, 1845)
* ''
Oxychilus diaphanellus''
(Krynicki, 1836)
* ''
Oxychilus diductus''
(Westerlund, 1886)
* ''
Oxychilus draparnaudi
''Oxychilus draparnaudi'', or Draparnaud's glass snail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Description
''Oxychilus draparnaudi'' is large for a zonitid glass ...
''
(Beck, 1837)
* ''
Oxychilus edmundi''
Falkner, 2008
* ''
Oxychilus egadiensis''
A. Riedel, 1973
* ''
Oxychilus emmae''
(Akramowski, 1955)
* † ''
Oxychilus falsani
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Locard, 1878)
* † ''
Oxychilus falunorum''
(Collot, 1911)
* ''
Oxychilus farinesianus''
(Bourguignat, 1870)
* ''
Oxychilus filicum''
(Krynicki, 1836)
* † ''
Oxychilus flavus''
(Eichwald, 1830)
* † ''
Oxychilus fleckensteinensis
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
Schlickum & Geissert, 1980
* ''
Oxychilus furtadoi''
Frias Martins, 1989
* † ''
Oxychilus globosus
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(K. Miller, 1907)
* ''
Oxychilus hobbit
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
A. Riedel, 1981
* †''
Oxychilus irenae''
Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
* ''
Oxychilus juvenostriatus''
A. Riedel, 1964
* ''
Oxychilus lagrecai''
Giusti, 1973
* ''
Oxychilus lathyri
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(J. Mabille, 1869)
* ''
Oxychilus lederi''
(O. Boettger, 1880)
* ''
Oxychilus lentiformis''
(Kobelt, 1882)
* ''
Oxychilus lineolatus''
Martins & Ripken, 1991
* ''
Oxychilus maceanus
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1870)
* ''
Oxychilus majori''
(Westerlund, 1886)
* ''
Oxychilus mariensis''
Gittenberger, 2008
* ''
Oxychilus mavromoustakisi''
(F. Haas, 1934)
* ''
Oxychilus melanoides''
Frias Martins, 2017
* † ''
Oxychilus mendicus''
(Slavík, 1869)
* ''
Oxychilus mercadali''
Gasull, 1970
* ''
Oxychilus miceui''
Frias Martins, 1989
* ''
Oxychilus micromphalus''
Frias Martins, 2017
* ''
Oxychilus miguelinus''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Oxychilus mingrelicus''
(Mousson, 1863)
* ''
Oxychilus minor
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
A. Riedel, 1964
* ''
Oxychilus mortilleti''
(Pfeiffer, 1859)
* ''
Oxychilus navarricus
''Oxychilus navarricus'', before 2002 known as ''Oxychilus helveticus'' (Blum, 1881), is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Description
For terms se ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1870) - formerly known as ''Oxychilus helveticus''
(Blum, 1881)
* ''
Oxychilus nortoni
''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Synonyms
* ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855
* ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1890 ...
''
(Calcara, 1843)
* ''
Oxychilus obscuratus''
(A. Villa & J. B. Villa, 1841)
* ''
Oxychilus oglasicola''
Giusti, 1968
* ''
Oxychilus oppressus''
(Shuttleworth, 1877)
* ''
Oxychilus ornatus''
A. Riedel, 1964
* ''
Oxychilus oschtenicus''
(O. Boettger, 1888)
* ''
Oxychilus paphlagonicus''
A. Riedel, 1993
* ''
Oxychilus paulucciae''
(De Stefani, 1883)
* ''
Oxychilus perspectivus''
(Kobelt, 1881)
* ''
Oxychilus pilula''
(Westerlund, 1886)
* ''
Oxychilus pityusanus''
A. Riedel, 1969
* ''
Oxychilus profundus''
Neubert, 1998
* ''
Oxychilus rateranus''
(Servain, 1880)
* ''
Oxychilus renanianus''
(Pallary, 1939)
* ''
Oxychilus requienii''
(Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
* ''
Oxychilus reticulatus''
(O. Boettger, 1883)
* ''
Oxychilus scoliura''
Frias Martins, 1989
* ''
Oxychilus secernendus''
(Retowski, 1889)
* ''
Oxychilus shuttleworthianus''
(Pini, 1883)
* ''
Oxychilus spatiosus''
(Lindholm, 1922)
* ''
Oxychilus spectabilis''
(Milne-Edwards, 1885)
* ''
Oxychilus suaneticus''
(O. Boettger, 1883)
* ''
Oxychilus subeffusus''
(Boettger, 1879)
* ''
Oxychilus superfluus''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
* ''
Oxychilus tenerrima''
(P. Hesse, 1914)
* ''
Oxychilus tomlini''
(E. A. Smith, 1905)
* ''
Oxychilus translucidus''
(Mortillet, 1853)
* ''
Oxychilus tropidophorus''
(J. Mabille, 1869)
* ''
Oxychilus uziellii''
(Issel, 1872)
* ''
Oxychilus viridescens''
Frias Martins, Brito & Backeljau, 2013
* ''
Oxychilus volutella''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Oxychilus yartanicus''
Altaba, 2007
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Oxychilus amaltheae''
Riedel & Subai, 1982: synonym of ''
Mediterranea amaltheae''
(A. Riedel & Subai, 1982) (original combination)
* ''Oxychilus depressus''
(Sterki, 1880): synonym of ''
Mediterranea depressa
''Mediterranea depressa'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mediterranea depressa (Sterki, 1880). Accessed through: World Registe ...
''
(Sterki, 1880)
* ''Oxychilus deubeli''
(A. J. Wagner, 1914) - synonym: ''Oxychilus orientalis''
(Clessin, 1887);
[Horsák M., Juřičková L. & Picka J. (2013): ''Měkkýši České a Slovenské republiky. Molluscs of the Czech and Slovak Republics''. Kabourek, Zlín, 264 pp. (in Czech and English).] synonym of ''
Cellariopsis deubeli''
(A. J. Wagner, 1914)
* ''Oxychilus glaber''
(Rossmässler, 1835): synonym of ''
Morlina glabra''
(Rossmässler, 1835)
* ''Oxychilus inopinatus''
(Uličný, 1887): synonym of ''
Mediterranea inopinata''
(Uličný, 1887) (unaccepted combination)
References
External links
* Giusti F. & Manganelli G. (2002). "Redescription of two west European ''Oxychilus'' species: ''O. alliarius'' (Miller, 1822) and ''O. helveticus'' (Blum, 1881), and notes on the systematics of ''Oxychilus'' Fitzinger, 1833 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae)". ''
Journal of Conchology
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abstract
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Gastropod genera