''Plebecula'' 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 in the subfamily
Geomitrinae of the family
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Plebecula R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054369 on 2022-07-21]
Species
* ''
Plebecula anaglyptica''
(Reeve, 1852)
* ''
Plebecula giramica''
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
* ''
Plebecula nitidiuscula''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
* † ''
Plebecula saxipotens
''Plebecula'' is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, ...
''
(Wollaston, 1878)
;Synonyms:
* † ''Plebecula comatula''
(F. Sandberger, 1871): synonym of † ''
Pseudoleptaxis comatula''
(F. Sandberger, 1871)
* † ''Plebecula declivis''
(F. Sandberger, 1870): synonym of † ''
Dentellocaracolus declivis''
(F. Sandberger, 1870)
* † ''Plebecula divisionensis''
ic synonym of† ''
Plebecula divionensis''
(J. Martin, 1866) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* † ''Plebecula fraasi''
Jooss, 1912: synonym of † ''
Wenzia fraasi''
(Jooss, 1912) (new combination)
* † ''Plebecula ramondi''
(Brongniart, 1810): synonym of † ''
Wenzia ramondi''
(Brongniart, 1810)
;Taxon inquirendum:
* † ''Plebecula divionensis''
(J. Martin, 1866)
References
External links
Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. LondonCockerell, T. D. A. (1921). The genus Plebecula Lowe. The Nautilus. 34(4): 133-136.Brozzo, A.; Harl, J.; De Mattia, W.; Teixeira, D.; Walther, F.; Groh, K.; Páll‐Gergely, B.; Glaubrecht, M.; Hausdorf, B.; Neiber, M. T. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and trait evolution of Madeiran land snails: radiation of the Geomitrini (Stylommatophora: Helicoidea: Geomitridae). Cladistics. 36(6): 594-616
Geomitridae
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