''Cecilioides'' is a
genus
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of very small, air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod 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 es ...
s in the family
Ferussaciidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819997 on 2020-07-30]
Most of the species in this genus live some distance underground. They are usually blind. Because of their subterranean habitat and their small size, they can be difficult to find alive.
When fresh, the shells are transparent. After they have been empty some time in the soil, they usually become an opaque milky-white.
Species
Species within this genus include:
* ''
Cecilioides acicula''
(Müller, 1774)
* † ''
Cecilioides aciculella
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Sandberger, 1872)
* ''
Cecilioides actoniana
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Benoit, 1862)
* ''
Cecilioides advena
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Ancey, 1888)
* ''
Cecilioides aperta
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Guilding in Swainson, 1840)["Mollusca"](_blank)
.
* ''
Cecilioides balanus''
(Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Cecilioides barbozae
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Maltzan, 1886)
* ''
Cecilioides bensoni''
Gude, 1914 [Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.]
* ''
Cecilioides blandiana
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Crosse, 1880)
* ''
Cecilioides caledonica''
(Crosse, 1867)
* ''
Cecilioides callipeplum
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Connolly, 1923)
* ''
Cecilioides clessini''
(Maltzan, 1886)
* ''
Cecilioides connollyi''
Tomlin, 1943
* ''
Cecilioides dicaprio''
Dourson, Caldwell & Dourson, 2018
* ''
Cecilioides eucharista''
(Bourguignat, 1864)
* ''
Cecilioides eulima
''Cecilioides eulima'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.
This species is endemic to Madeira
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(Lowe, 1854)
* ''
Cecilioides gokweanus''
(O. Boettger, 1870)
* † ''
Cecilioides grateloupi''
(Bourguignat, 1856)
* ''
Cecilioides gundlachi''
(Pfeiffer, 1850)
* ''
Cecilioides iota''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
* ''
Cecilioides isseli''
(Paladilhe, 1872)
* ''
Cecilioides janii''
(Strobel, 1855)
* ''
Cecilioides jeskalovicensis''
A. J. Wagner, 1914
* ''
Cecilioides jod''
Pilsbry, 1907
* ''
Cecilioides kalawangaensis
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
Dartevelle & Venmans, 1951
* ''
Cecilioides manensis
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
de Winter, 1990
* ''
Cecilioides mauritiana
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* † ''
Cecilioides munieri''
(Paladilhe, 1875)
* ''
Cecilioides nyctelia
''Cecilioides nyctelia'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portug ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1856)
* ''
Cecilioides pergracilis''
Connolly, 1939
* ''
Cecilioides petitiana
''Cecilioides petitiana'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.
This is a subterranean species.
Distribution
* Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak ...
''
(Benoit, 1862)
* ''
Cecilioides raddei
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' (
O. Boettger, 1879)
* ''
Cecilioides raphidia
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1856)
* † ''
Cecilioides senutae''
Pickford, 2009
* ''
Cecilioides sommeri
''Cecilioides sommeri'' is a fossil species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae, from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), o ...
''
(Ferreira & Coelho, 1971)
* ''
Cecilioides spencei
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
Dupuis, 1923
* ''
Cecilioides stephaniana
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Benoit, 1862)
* ''
Cecilioides tribulationis
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Preston, 1911)
* ''
Cecilioides tumulorum
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1856)
* ''
Cecilioides veneta
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Strobel, 1855)
* ''
Cecilioides virgo
''Cecilioides'' is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Preston, 1911)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cecilioides consobrina''
(d’Orbigny, 1842):
synonym of ''
Karolus consobrinus
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* Hans Karolus Ommedal (1901-1984), Norwegian politician
* Karolus Magnus (742-814), King of the Franks
See also
* Carolus (disambiguation)
Carolus may refer to:
People ...
''
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
* † ''Cecilioides pseudocylichna''
(De Stefani, 1880): synonym of † ''
Acicula pseudocylichna
Acicula (singular: aciculum) are strong, stout internal chaetae that provide support to parapodia
In invertebrates, the term parapodium ( Gr. ''para'', beyond or beside + ''podia'', feet; plural: parapodia) refers to lateral outgrowths or protr ...
''
De Stefani, 1880
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1814). Mémoires géologiques sur les terreins formés sous l'eau douce par les débris fossiles des mollusques vivant sur la terre ou dans l'eau non salée. Paris: Poulet. 76 ppHartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2 [30-06-1840 37-116, pl. 13-36 [1841]; 117-156, pl. 37-60 [1842]; 157-204, pl. 61-72 [1843]; 205-227, pl. 73-84 [1844]. St. Gallen]
Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.
Ferussaciidae
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