''Phenacolimax'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
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,
terrestrial 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
Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBa ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Phenacolimax Stabile, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=933820 on 2022-02-01]
Species
The genus ''Phenacolimax'' includes the following species:
* ''
Phenacolimax atlantica''
* ''
Phenacolimax blanci
''Phenacolimax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Phenacolimax Stabile, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...
''
(Pollonera, 1884)
* † ''
Phenacolimax crassitesta''
(Andreae, 1902)
* † ''
Phenacolimax intermedius''
(Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
* † ''
Phenacolimax kochi''
(Andreae, 1884)
* ''
Phenacolimax locardi''
(Pollonera, 1884)
* ''
Phenacolimax major
''Phenacolimax major'' is a European species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae.
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and island ...
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(A. Férussac, 1807)
* ''
Phenacolimax stabilei''
(Lessona, 1880)
* † ''
Phenacolimax suevica
''Phenacolimax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Phenacolimax Stabile, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...
''
(F. Sandberger, 1872)
; Synonyms:
* ''Phenacolimax annularis''
(S. Studer, 1820): synonym of ''
Oligolimax annularis
''Oligolimax annularis'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the t ...
''
(S. Studer, 1820à)(unaccepted combination)
* ''Phenacolimax austrasiae''
A. J. Wagner, 1915: synonym of ''Phenacolimax majo''r
(A. Férussac, 1807) (junior synonym)
* ''Phenacolimax retyezati''
A. J. Wagner, 1915: synonym of ''Semilimacella bonellii reitteri''
(O. Boettger, 1880) (junior synonym)
References
* Stabile, G. (1859). Description de quelques coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2 (11): 419-433. Paris.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
Vitrinidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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