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Pleurodontidae Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

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Dentellaria ''Dentellaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superf ...

'' Schumacher, 1817 is considered to be a synonym of ''Pleurodonte'' by Vera (2008), but Schileyko (2006)Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". ''Ruthenica'' Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1820. considered ''Dentellaria'' to be a separate genus.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Pleurodonte'' includes: *

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(when is ''Dentellaria'' considered as a synonym)

Species

Species within the genus ''Pleurodonte'' include: * '' Pleurodonte adamsiana'' Clapp, 1901 * '' Pleurodonte aureola'' Swainson * '' Pleurodonte barbadensis'' Lamarck * '' Pleurodonte dentiens'' (Férussac, 1822) * † ''

Pleurodonte desidens †''Pleurodonte desidens'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct Extinction is the termination of a kin ...

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Downloaded on 7 August 2007. * '' Pleurodonte discolor'' (Férussac, 1821) * ''

Pleurodonte guadeloupensis ''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurodontidae. Subspecies * ''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis dominicana'' Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937 - This subspecies ...

''(Pilsbry, 1889) * '' Pleurodonte hippocastaneum'' Lamarck, 1792 * '' Pleurodonte incerta'' (Férussac, 1823) * '' Pleurodonte isabella'' Férussac, 1822 * '' Pleurodonte josephinae'' (Férussac, 1832) * † '' Pleurodonte lehneri'' (Trechmann, 1935) * '' Pleurodonte lychnuchus'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Pleurodonte nigrescens ''Pleurodonte nigrescens'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Pleurodonte nigrescens'' includes: * Guadeloupe * Dominica Descrip ...

'' (Wood, 1828) * '' Pleurodonte nucleola'' Rang, 1835 * '' Pleurodonte orbiculata'' (Férussac, 1822) * '' Pleurodonte pachygastra'' (Gray, 1834) * '' Pleurodonte soror'' (Férussac, 1821) * † '' Pleurodonte wilsoni'' B. Roth, 1984 ;Taxon inquirendum: * † ''Pleurodonte debooyi'' Bartsch, 1918 * ''Pleurodonte obesa'' (Beck, 1837) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Pleurodonte acuta'' (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of '' Lucerna lamarckii'' (Férussac, 1821) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte acutangula'' (Burrow, 1815): synonym of '' Polydontes acutangula'' (Burrow, 1815) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte amabilis'' (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of '' Dentellaria amabilis'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) * ''Pleurodonte anomala'' (Pfeiffer, 1849): synonym of '' Dentellaria anomala'' (Pfeiffer, 1849) * ''Pleurodonte atavus'' (Pfeiffer, 1859): synonym of '' Dentellaria atavus'' (Pfeiffer, 1859) * ''Pleurodonte bainbridgii'' (Pfeiffer, 1845): synonym of '' Lucerna bainbridgii'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) * ''Pleurodonte bifurcata'' (Deshayes, 1838): synonym of ''Isomeria bifurcata'' (Deshayes, 1838): synonym of '' Labyrinthus bifurcatus'' (Deshayes, 1838) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte bizonalis'' (Deshayes, 1850): synonym of '' Caracolus bizonalis'' (Deshayes, 1850) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte bowdeniana'' Simpson, 1895 †: synonym of Lucerna bowdeniana (Simpson, 1895) † (new combination) * ''Pleurodonte bronni'' (Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of '' Dentellaria bronni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * ''Pleurodonte browneana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1862): synonym of '' Dentellaria tridentina'' (Férussac, 1832) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte candescens'' C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of '' Dentellaria candescens'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) * ''Pleurodonte cara'' (C. B. Adams, 1849): synonym of '' Dentellaria cara'' (C. B. Adams, 1849) * ''Pleurodonte carmelita'' (Férussac, 1821): synonym of '' Lucerna mora'' (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) * ''Pleurodonte carocolla'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of '' Caracolus carocolla'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte catadupae'' H. B. Baker, 1935: synonym of '' Dentellaria catadupae'' (H. B. Baker, 1935) * ''Pleurodonte chemnitziana'' (Pfeiffer, 1845): synonym of '' Lucerna chemnitziana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) * ''Pleurodonte clappi'' Pilsbry, 1901: synonym of '' Labyrinthus clappi'' (Pilsbry, 1901) (original name) * ''Pleurodonte crispata'' (Férussac, 1821): synonym of '' Hispaniolana crispatus'' (Férussac, 1821) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte crusta'' (Dall, 1890) †: synonym of ''Cepolis (Plagioptycha) crusta'' (Dall, 1890) † represented as Cepolis crusta (Dall, 1890) † * † ''Pleurodonte cunctator'' (Dall, 1890): synonym of ''Cepolis (Plagioptycha) cunctator'' (Dall, 1890) represented as † Cepolis cunctator (Dall, 1890) * † ''Pleurodonte diespiter'' (Dall, 1890) : synonym of † '' Pleurodontites diespiter'' (Dall, 1890) * † ''Pleurodonte eohippina'' Cockerell, 1915 : synonym of † '' Eohipptychia eohippina'' (Cockerell, 1915) (new combination) * ''Pleurodonte fragilis'' Haas, 1949: synonym of ''

Labyrinthus raimondii ''Labyrinthus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Labyrinthidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Labyrinthus H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Philippi, 1867) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte gigantea'' (Scopoli, 1786): synonym of '' Hispaniolana gigantea'' (Scopoli, 1786) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte goldmani'' Dall, 1912: synonym of ''Labyrinthus subplanatus sipunculatus'' (Forbes, 1850) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte gudeana'' Ancey, 1904: synonym of ''Isomeria basidens gudeana'' (Ancey, 1904) (original combination) * ''Pleurodonte haruspica'' (Dall, 1890) †: synonym of ''Pleurodontites haruspica'' (Dall, 1890) † * ''Pleurodonte hesperarche'' (Cockerell, 1914) †: synonym of '' Hodopoeus hesperarche'' (Cockerell, 1914) † * ''Pleurodonte ingens'' (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of '' Lucerna lamarckii'' (Férussac, 1821) * ''Pleurodonte invalida'' (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of ''Dentellaria invalida'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte kendrickensis'' Mansfield, 1937 †: synonym of '' Pleurodontites kendrickensis'' (Mansfield, 1937) † (new combination) * ''Pleurodonte lima'' (Férussac, 1821): synonym of ''

Granodomus lima ''Granodomus lima'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Granodomus lima (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte lindsleyana'' (Vendryes, 1899): synonym of '' Dentellaria atavus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte lucerna'' (Müller, 1774): synonym of '' Lucerna lucerna'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Pleurodonte marginella'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Caracolus marginella'' (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte michalkovaci'' H. Binder & Harzhauser, 2008 †: synonym of '' Pseudochloritis michalkovaci'' (H. Binder & Harzhauser, 2008) † * ''Pleurodonte mora'' Gray in Griffith, 1834: synonym of '' Lucerna mora'' (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) * † ''Pleurodonte norica'' H. Binder, 2004: synonym of † '' Pseudochloritis norica'' (H. Binder, 2004) * ''Pleurodonte okeniana'' (Pfeiffer, 1845): synonym of '' Dentellaria okeniana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) * ''Pleurodonte oxytenes'' (Pilsbry, 1889): synonym of '' Lucerna lucerna'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte pallescens'' (C. B. Adams, 1851): synonym of '' Dentellaria pallescens'' (C. B. Adams, 1851) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte peracutissima'' (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of '' Lucerna lucerna'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte picturata'' (C. B. Adams, 1849): synonym of '' Dentellaria picturata'' (C. B. Adams, 1849) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte pretiosa'' (C. B. Adams, 1851): synonym of '' Lucerna bainbridgii'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (junior homonym of ''Helix pretiosa'' Albers, 1850) * ''Pleurodonte schroeteriana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845): synonym of '' Dentellaria schroeteriana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte simsoni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1852): synonym of '' Dentellaria candescens'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte sinuata'' (Müller, 1774): synonym of '' Dentellaria sinuata'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte sloaneana'' (Pfeiffer, 1868): synonym of '' Dentellaria sloaneana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte spengleriana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of '' Lucerna bainbridgii'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte strangulata'' (C. B. Adams, 1849): synonym of '' Dentellaria strangulata'' (C. B. Adams, 1849) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte subacuta'' (Pfeiffer, 1867): synonym of '' Lucerna subacuta'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1867) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte sublucerna'' (Pilsbry, 1889): synonym of '' Lucerna sublucerna'' (Pilsbry, 1889) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte tenaculum'' Dall, 1909: synonym of '' Labyrinthus uncigerus'' (Petit, 1838) (junior synonym) * ''Pleurodonte tridentina'' ''(Férussac, 1832)'': synonym of '' Lucerna sublucerna'' (Pilsbry, 1889) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte undulata'' (Férussac, 1821): synonym of '' Hispaniolana crispatus'' (Férussac, 1821) (based on an invalid original name) * ''Pleurodonte vacillans'' Vendryes, 1902: synonym of '' Lucerna vacillans'' Vendryes, 1902 (unaccepted combination) * ''Pleurodonte valida'' (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of '' Dentellaria valida'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) (unaccepted combination)

References

* Bank, R. A. (2017). ''Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World.'' Last update: July 16th, 2017

External links

Species in Discover Life

Fischer von W. G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 3: 300pp. 6pls

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
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