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''Vallonia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of small 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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Valloniidae
Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Valloniidae Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World R ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593140 on 2023-01-21]
''Vallonia'' is the
type genus of the family Valloniidae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Vallonia'' include:
[Coppolino M. L. (2009)]
''Land Snails of Southern Illinois''
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA. Last updated 31 January 2009, accessed 25 April 2009.
* ''
Vallonia asiatica
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(G. Nevill, 1878)
* † ''
Vallonia berryi''
Pierce, 1992
* † ''
Vallonia brochoni''
(Degrange-Touzin, 1892)
* † ''
Vallonia chimaira
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Gerber, 1996
* ''
Vallonia chinensis
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
K. Suzuki, 1944
* ''
Vallonia costata
''Vallonia costata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Re ...
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(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''
Vallonia costohimala
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
Gerber & Bössneck, 2009
* ''
Vallonia cyclophorella''
Sterki, 1892 - silky vallonia
* ''
Vallonia declivis''
Sterki, 1893 [ Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. nnotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics. '']Malacologica Bohemoslovaca
''Malacologica Bohemoslovaca'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all aspects of malacology. It was published by the Slovak Academy of Sciences since 2005. It is published by the Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of ...
'', Suppl. 1: 1-37
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* ''
Vallonia eiapopeia
''Vallonia eiapopeia'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae
Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial p ...
''
Gerber, 1996
* ''
Vallonia enniensis
''Vallonia enniensis'' is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.Helix pulchella var. enniensis Gredler, 1856 · unaccepted (original combination and rank)
Distri ...
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(Gredler, 1856)
* ''
Vallonia excentrica
''Vallonia excentrica'', common name the eccentric vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.Marshall, B. (2014). Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893. Acces ...
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Sterki, 1893 - excentric vallonia
* † ''
Vallonia gigantea
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
'' S
teklov, 1967
* † ''
Vallonia girauxae
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
(Cossmann, 1902)
* ''
Vallonia gracilicosta
''Vallonia gracilicosta'', common name the multirib vallonia or multiribbed vallonia, is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.
Subspecies
The subspecies, '' ...
''
Reinhardt, 1883
* ''
Vallonia himalaevis
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
Gerber & Bössneck, 2009
* † ''
Vallonia hoppla
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
Gerber, 1996
* ''
Vallonia kamtschatica
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
I. M. Likharev, 1963
* ''
Vallonia kathrinae
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
Gerber & Bössneck, 2009
* † ''
Vallonia kootenayorum
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Pierce, 2001
* ''
Vallonia ladacensis''
(G. Nevill, 1878)
* † ''
Vallonia laxa''
Gerber, 1996
* † ''
Vallonia lepida''
(Reuss, 1849)
* † ''
Vallonia major''
Gottschick, 1920
* ''
Vallonia mionecton
''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(O. Boettger, 1889)
* † ''
Vallonia pallaryi''
Wenz, 1919
* ''
Vallonia parvula''
Sterki, 1893
* ''
Vallonia patens''
Reinhardt, 1883
* ''
Vallonia persica''
Rosen, 1892
* ''
Vallonia perspectiva''
Sterki, 1893 - thin lip vallonia
* ''
Vallonia peteri''
Schileyko, 1984
* ''
Vallonia pulchella
''Vallonia pulchella'', common name the lovely vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallo ...
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(O. F. Müller, 1774) - lovely vallonia -
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
* ''
Vallonia pulchellula''
(Heude, 1882)
* ''
Vallonia ranovi''
Meng & Gerber, 2008
* † ''
Vallonia sandbergeri''
(Deshayes, 1863)
* † ''
Vallonia sparnacensis''
(Deshayes, 1863)
* † ''
Vallonia stworzewiczae''
Neubauer, 2013
* † ''
Vallonia subcyclophorella''
(Gottschick, 1911)
* ''
Vallonia suevica''
Geyer, 1908
* ''
Vallonia tenuilabris''
(Braun, 1843)
* ''
Vallonia terraenovae''
Gerber, 1996
* ''
Vallonia tokunagai''
K. Suzuki, 1944
* † ''
Vallonia tumida''
Stworzewicz, 2007
* ''
Vallonia zaru''
Almuhambetova, 1979
* † ''
Vallonia zykini''
Prysiazhniuk, 2016 †
;Synonyms:
* ''Vallonia allamanica''
Geyer, 1908:
synonym of ''
Vallonia suevica''
Geyer, 1908 (junior synonym)
* ''Vallonia albula''
Sterki, 1893: synonym of ''
Vallonia gracilicosta
''Vallonia gracilicosta'', common name the multirib vallonia or multiribbed vallonia, is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.
Subspecies
The subspecies, '' ...
''
Reinhardt, 1883
* ''Vallonia americana''
Ancey, 1893: synonym of ''
Vallonia parvula''
Sterki, 1893 (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Vallonia astoma''
O. Boettger, 1909: synonym of ''
Gittenbergia sororcula
''Gittenbergia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae
Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastro ...
''
(Benoit, 1859) (junior synonym)
* ''Vallonia costataeformis''
Jooss, 1912: synonym of ''
Vallonia costata
''Vallonia costata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Re ...
''
(O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Vallonia jurassica''
Geyer, 1908: synonym of ''
Vallonia costata
''Vallonia costata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Re ...
''
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''Vallonia ladakensis''
(G. Nevill, 1878): synonym of ''
Vallonia ladacensis''
(G. Nevill, 1878) (unjustified emendation of ''Vallonia ladacensis''
(Nevill, 1878))
* ''Vallonia miserrima''
Gude, 1907: synonym of ''
Vallonia ladacensis''
(G. Nevill, 1878) (junior synonym)
* ''Vallonia miserrina''
Gude, 1907: synonym of ''Vallonia miserrima''
Gude, 1907: synonym of ''
Vallonia ladacensis''
(G. Nevill, 1878) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* † ''Vallonia moguntiaca''
Wenz, 1915: synonym of † ''
Vallonia lepida''
(Reuss, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
* ''Vallonia rosalia''
Risso, 1826: synonym of ''
Vallonia costata
''Vallonia costata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Re ...
''
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''Vallonia sonorana''
Pilsbry, 1915: synonym of ''
Vallonia gracilicosta
''Vallonia gracilicosta'', common name the multirib vallonia or multiribbed vallonia, is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.
Subspecies
The subspecies, '' ...
''
Reinhardt, 1883
* † ''Vallonia subpulchella''
(F. Sandberger, 1872): synonym of † ''
Vallonia lepida''
(Reuss, 1849) (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Vallonia tenera''
(Reinhardt, 1877): synonym of ''
Vallonia pulchellula''
(Heude, 1882) (junior synonym)
References
* Schileyko, A. A. (1984). Nazemnye molljuski podotrjada Pupillina fauny SSSR (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Geophila). In:. Fauna SSSR, Molljuski. III, 3
* Pfeffer, G. (1930). Zur Kenntnis tertiärer Landschnecken. Geologisch-Paläontologische Abhandlungen, neue Folge. 17(3): 153-380, pl. 15-17.
* Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidellidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1-127. Moskva
Further reading
* Gerber J. (1996). "Revision der Gattung ''Vallonia'' Risso, 1826 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Valloniidae)". ''
Schriften zur Malakozoologie'' 8: 1-227.
External links
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls.Turton, W. (1831). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, arranged according to the more modern system of classification; and described from perfect specimens in the author's cabinet: with coloured plates of every species, viii + 152 + 16 pp.): Index of English names), 9 unnumbered plates. London (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green).Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 ppBeck, H. H. (1838). Species novarum in indice molluscorum praesentis aevi musei Principis Christiani Frederici ab autore propositarum characteres breves. Hafniae (= København): 1-8. Caziot, E. (1910). Étude sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Principauté de Monaco et du Département des Alpes-Maritimes. 559
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