Solaropsidae is a
family
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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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 ...
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 ...
mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Sagdoidea
Sagdoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Helicoidei of the suborder Helicina. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sagdoidea Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Re ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsidae H. Nordsieck, 1986. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870598 on 2021-02-06]
Genera
;Subfamily Caracolinae
Cuezzo, 2003
* ''
Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810
;Subfamily Solaropsinae H. Nordsieck, 1986
* ''
Solaropsis
''Solaropsis'', also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. ...
''
H. Beck, 1837
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Caracolla''
Albers, 1850: synonym of ''Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810 (invalid: incorrect subsequent spelling)
* ''Carocolla''
Gray, 1825: synonym of ''Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810 (incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation)
* ''Corocolla'' auct.: synonym of ''Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* ''Discodoma''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810
* ''Serpentulus''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810
* ''Vortex''
Oken, 1815: synonym of ''Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810 (Not available name: Published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 417)
* ''Wurtzorbis''
Webb, 1970: synonym of ''Caracolus''
Montfort, 1810
* ''Olympus''
Simone, 2010: synonym of ''Solaropsis''
H. Beck, 1837
* ''Ophidermis''
Agassiz, 1846: synonym of ''Solaropsis''
H. Beck, 1837
* ''Psadara''
K. Miller, 1878: synonym of ''Solaropsis (Psadara)''
K. Miller, 1878 represented as ''Solaropsis''
H. Beck, 1837
* ''Solarium''
Spix, 1827: synonym of ''Solaropsis''
H. Beck, 1837
References
* Nordsieck, H. (1986). The system of the Stylommatophora (Gastropoda), with special regard to the systematic position of the Clausiliidae, II. Importance of the shell and distribution. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 117(1−3): 93−116.
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
* Calcutt J., Cuezzo M.G., Jackson M. & Salvador R.B. (2020). Phylogenetic relationships and classification of Solaropsidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 149(2): 141-193
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