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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 ...

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Simpulopsidae Simpulopsidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: World Regist ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995406 on 2021-02-08 ''Simpulopsis'' is the type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini and of the family Simpulopsidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Simpulopsis'' includes

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Species

Species within the genus ''Simpulopsis'' include: subgenus ''Simpulopsis'' Beck, 1837 * '' Simpulopsis atrovirens'' ( Moricand , 1836) * ''

Simpulopsis brasiliensis ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' ( Moricand , 1846) * ''

Simpulopsis corrugata ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Guppy, 1866 * '' Simpulopsis cumingi'' L. Pfeiffer, 1861 * '' Simpulopsis decussata'' Pfeiffer, 1856 * ''

Simpulopsis miersi ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Pfeiffer, 1856 * ''

Simpulopsis ovata ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822) * ''

Simpulopsis pseudosulculosa ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Breure, 1975 * ''

Simpulopsis rufovirens ''Simpulopsis rufovirens'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae. The specific name ''rufovirens'' refers to the coloration of this species. The name is composed fr ...

'' ( Moricand , 1846) * ''

Simpulopsis sulculosa ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) * ''

Simpulopsis tryoni ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Pilsbry, 1899 * ''

Simpulopsis wiebesi ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Breure, 1975 subgenus ''Eudioptus'' Albers, 1860 * ''

Simpulopsis araujoi ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Breure, 1975) * ''

Simpulopsis boissieri ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' ( Moricand , 1846) * ''

Simpulopsis citrinovitrea ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' ( Moricand , 1836) - synonym: ''Simpulopsis fulguratus'' Miller, 1878 * ''

Simpulopsis ephippium ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Ancey, 1904Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species". ''

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'' 101: 1-50. . * '' Simpulopsis luteolus'' (Ancey, 1901) * '' Simpulopsis progastor'' (d’Orbigny, 1835) * '' Simpulopsis pseudosuccinea'' ( Moricand , 1836) No subgenus mentioned: * ''

Simpulopsis aenea ''Simpulopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' L. Pfeiffer, 1861 * '' Simpulopsis dominicensis'' L. Pfeiffer, 1858 * '' Simpulopsis eudioptus'' (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897) * '' Simpulopsis gomesae'' Silva & Thomé, 2006Agudo-Padrón A. I. (2009). "Recent Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs of Rio Grande do Sul State, RS, Southern Brazil Region: A Comprehensive Synthesis and Check List". ''Visaya'' (April 2009): 1-13
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. * '' Simpulopsis limpida'' (Drouët, 1859) * '' Simpulopsis magnus'' Thompson, 1957Thompson F. G. (1957). "A collection of mollusks from Northern Venezuela". '' Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan'' (591): 1-13. * '' Simpulopsis membranacea'' Villa & Villa, 1841 * '' Simpulopsis promatensis'' Silva & Thomé 2006 * '' Simpulopsis simula'' (Morelet, 1851) * '' Simpulopsis vincentina'' E. A. Smith, 1895 ;Synonyms: * ''Simpulopsis chiapensis'' L. Pfeiffer, 1856: synonym of '' Xanthonyx chiapensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (original combination) * ''Simpulopsis cordovana'' L. Pfeiffer, 1857: synonym of '' Xanthonyx cordovanus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (original combination) * ''Simpulopsis mastersi'' Brazier, 1872: synonym of ''

Mystivagor mastersi ''Mystivagor'' is a Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus in the subfamily of the Charopidae, pinwheel snailsMolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mystivagor Iredale, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinesp ...

'' (Brazier, 1872) (original combination) * ''Simpulopsis portoricensis'' Shuttleworth, 1854: synonym of '' Platysuccinea portoricensis'' (Shuttleworth, 1854) (original combination) * ''Simpulopsis salleana'' L. Pfeiffer, 1857: synonym of '' Xanthonyx salleanus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (original combination)

References

* Weyrauch, W.K. (1967). Descripciones y notas sobre gastropodos terrestres de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil, y Peru. Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 21: 457-499.

External links

Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman

Beck, H. (1837). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 1-124. Hafniae

Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219

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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