Plekocheilus Bruggeni

''Plekocheilus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plekocheilus Guilding, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870077 on 2022-01-26

Distribution

This genus occurs in South America: Colombia,Borrero F. J. & Breure A. S. H. (2011). "The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas". ''Zootaxa'' 3054: 1-59
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Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador.

Species

Species within the genus ''Plekocheilus'' include:

* '' Plekocheilus alticolus'' (F. Haas, 1955)
* '' Plekocheilus ampullaroides'' (Mousson, 1873)
* ''Plekocheilus annetae'' Breure, 2020
* '' Plekocheilus apunni'' (Dunker, 1875)
* '' Plekocheilus argenteus'' (Jousseaume, 1900)
* '' Plekocheilus aristaceus'' (Crosse, 1869)
* '' Plekocheilus aulacostylus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* '' Plekocheilus aureonitens'' (K. Miller, 1878)
* '' Plekocheilus auriformis'' (da Costa, 1904)
* '' Plekocheilus aurissciuri'' Guppy, 1866
* '' Plekocheilus aurissileni'' (Born, 1780)
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* '' Plekocheilus bellulus'' (Jonas, 1844)
* '' Plekocheilus bigener'' Borrero & Breure, 2011
* '' Plekocheilus blainvilleanus'' (Pfeiffer, 1848)
* '' Plekocheilus breweri'' Breure & Schlögl, 2010
* '' Plekocheilus bruggeni'' Breure, 1978
* '' Plekocheilus calliostomus'' (Dohrn, 1882)
* '' Plekocheilus camaritagua'' Borrero & Breure, 2011
* '' Plekocheilus cardinalis'' (Pfeiffer, 1853)
* '' Plekocheilus castaneus'' (Pfeiffer, 1845)
* '' Plekocheilus cathcartiae'' (Reeve, 1848)
* '' Plekocheilus cecepeus'' Breure & R. Araujo, 2015
* '' Plekocheilus coloratus'' (Nyst, 1845)Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species". ''ZooKeys'' 101: 1-50. . - synonym: ''Plekocheilus lamarckianus'' (Pfeiffer, 1848)
* '' Plekocheilus conspicuus'' Pilsbry, 1932
* '' Plekocheilus dalmasi'' (Dautzenberg, 1900)
* '' Plekocheilus delicatus'' (Pilsbry, 1935)
* '' Plekocheilus dillwynianus'' (Pfeiffer, 1853)
* '' Plekocheilus dissimulans'' (Preston, 1909)
* ''Plekocheilus distortus'' (Bruguière, 1789) - in Brazil and VenezuelaArias C, Sergio, 1952. Algunos moluscos de la región Baruta - EL Hatilllo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XII(31):47-65
* ''Plekocheilus doliarius'' (da Costa, 1898)
* Plekocheilus elaeodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* '' Plekocheilus episcopalis'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
** subspecies ''Plekocheilus episcopalis auriformis'' (Da Costa, 1904) - synonym: '' Plekocheilus auriformis'' (da Costa, 1904)Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ''ZooKeys'' 138: 1-52. .
** subspecies ''Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus'' (Sowerby III, 1895)
* ''Plekocheilus eros'' (Angas, 1878)
* ''Plekocheilus euryomphalus'' (Jonas, 1844) - synonym: ''Plekocheilus otostomus'' (Pfeiffer, 1855), - in Venezuela
* ''Plekocheilus floccosus'' (Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827)
* '' Plekocheilus fulminans'' (Nyst, 1843)
* '' Plekocheilus fusitorsus'' (Oberwimmer, 1931)
* '' Plekocheilus gibber'' (Oberwimmer, 1931)
* '' Plekocheilus gibbonius'' (Lea, 1838)
* '' Plekocheilus glaber'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* '' Plekocheilus glandiformis'' (Lea, 1838) - synonym: ''Plekocheilus'' (''Eurytus'') ''couturesi'' Ancey, 1900
* '' Plekocheilus guentheri'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
* '' Plekocheilus hauxwelli'' (Crosse, 1872)
* '' Plekocheilus huberi'' Breure, 2009
* '' Plekocheilus incognitus'' Borrero & Breure, 2011
* '' Plekocheilus jimenezi'' (Hidalgo, 1872)
* '' Plekocheilus jucundus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* '' Plekocheilus labiosus'' Borrero & Breure, 2011
* '' Plekocheilus lacerta'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
* '' Plekocheilus linterae''(G.B. Sowerby III, 1890)
* '' Plekocheilus loveni'' (Pfeiffer, 1848)
* '' Plekocheilus lugubris'' (Dunker, 1882)
* '' Plekocheilus lynciculus'' (Deville & Hupé, 1850)
* '' Plekocheilus midas'' (Albers, 1852)
* '' Plekocheilus mundiperditi'' F. Haas, 1955
* '' Plekocheilus nachiyacu'' Pilsbry, 1939
* '' Plekocheilus nebulosus'' Breure, 2009
* ''Plekocheilus nocturnus'' Pilsbry, 1939
* '' Plekocheilus oligostylus'' Pilsbry, 1939
* '' Plekocheilus onca'' (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* '' Plekocheilus paraguas'' Borrero & Breure, 2011
* '' Plekocheilus pentadinus'' (d’Orbigny, 1835) - synonym: ''Helix onca'' d’Orbigny, 1835
* '' Plekocheilus perdix'' (Pfeiffer, 1848)
* '' Plekocheilus philippei'' Breure, 2012 in pressBreure A. S. H.
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. "Living in isolation: ''Plekocheilus (P.) philippei'' spec. nov. from Venezuelan Guayana (Gastropoda, Amphibulimidae)".
* '' Plekocheilus piperatoides'' Pilsbry, 1901
* '' Plekocheilus piperitus'' (G.B.Sowerby I, 1837)
* '' Plekocheilus pirriensis'' Dall, 1912
* '' Plekocheilus plectostylus'' (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: '' Plekocheilus speciosus'' (Pfeiffer, 1854)
* '' Plekocheilus pulicarius'' (Reeve, 1848) - synonyms: ''Plekocheilus'' (''Eurytus'') ''virgatus'' (Pilsbry, 1935); ''Plekocheilus'' (''Eurytus'') ''mabillei'' (Crosse, 1867)
* '' Plekocheilus quadricolor'' (Pfeiffer, 1848)
* '' Plekocheilus rhodocheilus'' (Reeve, 1848)
* ''Plekocheilus roseolabrum'' (E. A. Smith, 1877)
* '' Plekocheilus sanderi'' Breure, 2020
* '' Plekocheilus semperi'' (Dohrn, 1882)
* '' Plekocheilus sinuatus'' (Albers, 1854)
* '' Plekocheilus sophiae'' Breure, 2009
* '' Plekocheilus subglandiformis'' (Mousson, 1873)
* '' Plekocheilus succineoides'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) - synonym: ''Plekocheilus latilabris'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
** subspecies ''Plekocheilus succineoides cleeforum'' Breure, 1977
** subspecies ''Plekocheilus succineoides zilchi'' Breure, 1977
* '' Plekocheilus superstriatus'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1890)
* '' Plekocheilus taquinensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
* '' Plekocheilus tatei'' (F. Haas, 1955)
* '' Plekocheilus taylorianus'' (Reeve, 1849)
* '' Plekocheilus tenuissimus'' Weyrauch, 1967
* '' Plekocheilus tetensii'' (Dunker, 1875)
* '' Plekocheilus tricolor'' (Pfeiffer, 1853)
* '' Plekocheilus taylorianus'' (Reeve, 1849)
* '' Plekocheilus veranyi'' (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: ''Bulimus scytodes'' Pfeiffer, 1853
* '' Plekocheilus vlceki'' Breure & Schlögl, 2010Beaure A. S. H. & Schlögl J. (2010). "Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of ''Plekocheilus'' Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". ''Zootaxa'' 2416: 51-60
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Synonyms

* ''Plekocheilus ameghinoi'' Parodiz, 1962: synonym of ''Plekocheilus guentheri'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (junior synonym)
* ''Plekocheilus gracilis'' Broderip, 1841: synonym of '' Callistocharis fulguratus'' (Jay, 1842) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Bulimus gracilis Hutton, 1834)
* ''Plekocheilus jacksoni'' Pilsbry, 1939: synonym of ''Plekocheilus lynciculus'' (Deville & Hupé, 1850) (junior synonymy)
* ''Plekocheilus manco'' Pilsbry, 1930: synonym of ''Plekocheilus veranyi'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) (junior synonymy)
* ''Plekocheilus mcgintyi'' H. B. Baker, 1963: synonym of ''Plekocheilus piperitus mcgintyi'' H. B. Baker, 1963 (original combination)
* ''Plekocheilus pseudopiperatus'' Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of ''Plekocheilus piperitus piperitus'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1837) (junior synonym)
* ''Plekocheilus undulatus'' (Leach, 1814): synonym of ''Plekocheilus aurissileni'' (Born, 1780)

References

* Oberwimmer, H. (1931). Beschreibung dreier neuer Bulimuliden aus dem Senckenberg-Museum. Senckenbergiana, 13: 190-194. Frankfurt am Main.
* Weyrauch, W.K. (1967). Descripciones y notas sobre gastropodos terrestres de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil, y Peru. Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 21: 457-499.

Further reading

* Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. ''Plekocheilus'' and ''Naesiotus''". '' Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands'' 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.

External links

Swainson W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock

Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymus plantarum nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. i-x, 1-1135. Soloduri. : Sumptibus Jent et Gassman

Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp.

Guilding, I. (1828). Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands. The Zoological Journal. 3: 527-544

Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 10: American Bulimi and Bulimuli. Streptocheilus, Plekocheilus, Auris, Bulimulus. pp i-iv, 1-213, pls 1-51. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences

Breure, A. S. H. (1975). Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 152. 71-93, pls. 6-8.

Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065

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