''Trachia'' is a genus of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora.
These ...
.
These snails are found from
Western Ghats of
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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,
Sabah
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and
Singapore
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.
Species
The following species are recognized.
* ''
Trachia albicostis''
(Pfeiffer, 1860)
* ''
Trachia asperella''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Trachia clarus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1888)
* ''
Trachia contracta''
(Benson, 1864)
* ''
Trachia cordieri''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908)
* ''
Trachia crassicostata''
(Benson, 1848)
* ''
Trachia diestalmena
''Trachia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
These snails are found from Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka, Sabah and Singapore.
Species
The following species are reco ...
''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908)
* ''
Trachia emensus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1888)
* ''
Trachia fallaciosa''
(Férussac, 1832)
* ''
Trachia footei''
Stoliczka, 1873
* ''
Trachia hardouini''
(de Morgan, 1885)
* ''
Trachia lambineti''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899)
* ''
Trachia limatulata''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908)
* ''
Trachia nangporensis''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1860)
* ''
Trachia nilagirica''
(Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Trachia pilisparsa''
(E. von Martens, 1885)
* ''
Trachia proxima''
(Férussac, 1832)
* ''
Trachia pudica''
(Godwin-Austen, 1891)
* ''
Trachia reinachae
''Trachia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
These snails are found from Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka, Sabah and Singapore.
Species
The following species are reco ...
''
(C. R. Boettger, 1908)
* ''
Trachia ruginosa
''Trachia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
These snails are found from Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka, Sabah and Singapore.
Species
The following species are reco ...
''
(Férussac, 1832)
* ''
Trachia serpentinitica
''Trachia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
These snails are found from Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka, Sabah and Singapore.
Species
The following species are reco ...
''
Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
* ''
Trachia smithi''
(Bock, 1881)
* ''
Trachia sordida''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
* ''
Trachia trochalia''
(Benson, 1861)
* ''
Trachia wrayi''
(de Morgan, 1885)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Trachia balansai''
(Morlet, 1886): synonym of ''
Chloritis balansai''
(Morlet, 1886)
* ''Trachia delibrata''
(Benson, 1836): synonym of ''
Bouchetcamaena delibrata''
(Benson, 1836) (superseded combination, unaccepted combination )
* ''Trachia durandi''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of ''
Chloritis durandi''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) (subsequent combination)
* ''Trachia froggatti''
Ancey, 1898: synonym of ''
Westraltrachia froggatti''
(Ancey, 1898) (original combination)
* ''Trachia gabata''
(A. Gould, 1843): synonym of ''
Chloritis gabata''
(A. Gould, 1843) (unaccepted combination )
* ''Trachia marimberti''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of ''
Chloritis marimberti''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) (subsequent combination)
* ''Trachia monogramma''
Ancey, 1898: synonym of ''Trachia froggatti''
Ancey, 1898: synonym of ''
Westraltrachia froggatti''
(Ancey, 1898) (original combination)
* ''Trachia nasuta''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of ''
Chloritis nasuta''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909) (subsequent combination)
* ''Trachia norodomiana''
(Morlet, 1883): synonym of ''
Trichochloritis norodomiana''
(Morlet, 1883) (subsequent combination)
* ''Trachia orthocheila''
Ancey, 1898: synonym of ''
Westraltrachia derbyi''
(Cox, 1892) (junior synonym)
* ''Trachia penangensis''
Stoliczka, 1873: synonym of ''
Trichochloritis penangensis''
(Stoliczka, 1873) (original combination)
* ''Trachia pseudomiara''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of ''Bellatrachia pseudomiara'' ''(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)'' : synonym of ''
Trichochloritis pseudomiara
''Trichochloritis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Camaeninae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trichochloritis Pilsbry, 1891. Accessed through ...
''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)
* ''Trachia vittata''
(Müller, 1774): synonym of ''
Pseudotrachia vittata''
(O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted combination)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
* Schileyko, A. A. (2018). On the genus Trachia auct. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Ruthenica. 28(4): 169-174
External links
On the genus Trachia auct. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae)Transfer of 210Po from plant to a land snail species and related riskEffect of aestivation on food utilization in the freshwater snail Pila glbosa
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
Camaenidae
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