''Pseudelma'' is a
genus 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 ...
mollusks in the subfamily
Enneinae of the family
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade
Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi.
Stre ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudelma Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996768 on 2022-02-20]
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Pseudelma'' includes:
*
Mayotte
*
Comores[Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". '' Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 160: 1-16. .]
Species
Species within the genus ''Pseudelma'' include:
* ''
Pseudelma auribole''
Abdou, Muratov & Bouchet, 2008
* ''
Pseudelma auriculata''
(Morelet, 1881)
* ''
Pseudelma aurititi''
Abdou, Muratov & Bouchet, 2008
* ''
Pseudelma bisexigua''
(F. Haas, 1951)
* ''
Pseudelma incisa
''Pseudelma'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudelma Kobelt, 1904. Accessed thro ...
''
(Morelet, 1881)
* ''
Pseudelma inconspicua
''Pseudelma'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudelma Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Regis ...
''
(Morelet, 1881)
* ''
Pseudelma martensiana
''Pseudelma'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudelma Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Regis ...
''
(Morelet, 1881)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pseudelma madagascariensis''
Fischer-Piette, F. Blanc & Vukadinovic, 1974: synonym of ''
Elma messageri
Elma or ELMA may refer to:
Places United States
* Elma, Iowa, a city in the US
* Elma, New York, a town in the US
** Elma Center, New York
* Elma, Washington, a city in the US
* Elma Township, Richland County, North Dakota, in Richland Coun ...
''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1904)
References
* Abdou A., Muratov I.V. & Bouchet P. (2008). Streptaxid microcosm: the radiation of the endemic genus Pseudelma Kobelt 1904 (Gastropoda Pulmonata Streptaxidae) on Mayotte, Comores. Tropical Zoology. 21: 123-151
External links
Kobelt, W. (1904-1905). Die Raublungenschnecken (Agnatha). Erste Abtheilung: Rhytididae & Enneidae. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Ersten Bandes, zwölfte Abtheilung (B), erster Theil. (1) 12b (1, 490): 80-128, pls. 14-18 (1904); (1) 12b (1, 492): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1904); (1) 12b (1, 493): 193-232, pls. 25-30 (1904); (1) 12b (1, 495): 233-296, pls. 31-35, 33a (1904); (1) 12b (1, 497): 297-362, pls. 36-41 (1905). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe). Note: this is a continuation of "Agnatha Moerch. Die Raublungenschnecken" started by O.F. von Möllendorff (1903-1904) (see footnote on page 79)Haas F. (1951). Note on some streptaxids. The Nautilus. 64(4): 133-134
Streptaxidae
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