''Orpiella'' is a
genus
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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
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 inclu ...
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Trochomorphidae
Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Since 2017, its classification has be ...
.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orpiella L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851340 on 16 November 2021]
Species
Species within the genus ''Orpiella'' include:
* ''
Orpiella artensis''
(Souverbie, 1859)
* ''
Orpiella compluviata''
(Cox, 1871)
* ''
Orpiella concava''
(Clapp, 1923)
* ''
Orpiella cookensis''
(Gude, 1905)
* ''
Orpiella desmazuresi''
(Crosse, 1872)
* ''
Orpiella fragillima''
(Mousson, 1870)
* ''
Orpiella keppelli''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Orpiella kuntzi''
Solem, 1960
* ''
Orpiella lepida''
(Gude, 1913)
* ''
Orpiella malaitaensis
''Orpiella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusc, mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae.
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''
(Clapp, 1923)
* ''
Orpiella manni''
(Clapp, 1923)
* ''
Orpiella pamuaensis''
(Clapp, 1923)
* ''
Orpiella proxima''
H. B. Baker, 1941
* ''
Orpiella retardata''
(Cox, 1870)
* ''
Orpiella salomonis''
(Vanatta, 1930)
* ''
Orpiella schmeltziana''
(Garrett, 1887)
* ''
Orpiella scorpio''
(Gould, 1846)
* ''
Orpiella smithi''
(Clapp, 1923)
* ''
Orpiella solidiuscula''
(E. A. Smith, 1885)
* ''
Orpiella sororum''
(Clapp, 1923)
* ''
Orpiella tenella''
(Garrett, 1872)
* ''
Orpiella treasuryensis''
(Tryon, 1886)
* ''
Orpiella woodwardi''
(Godwin-Austen, 1903)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Orpiella casca''
(Gould, 1852): synonym of ''Orpiella scorpio''
(Gould, 1846) (junior synonym)
* ''Orpiella godeffroyana''
(Garrett, 1872): synonym of ''
Irenella godeffroyana''
(Garrett, 1872) (
superseded combination
In taxonomy, a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species. This happens when a species is moved to a new genus after the initial species description. The original name is called a ...
)
* ''Orpiella hoyti''
(Garrett, 1872): synonym of ''
Irenella hoyti''
(Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella macgillivrayi''
(Gude, 1913): synonym of ''
Fijia macgillivrayi''
Gude, 1913 (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella nitidissima''
(E. A. Smith, 1885): synonym of ''Orpiella treasuryensis''
(Tryon, 1886) (junior secondary homonym replaced before 1961)
* ''Orpiella nouleti''
(Le Guillou, 1842): synonym of ''
Irenella nouleti''
(Le Guillou, 1842) (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella otarae''
(Garrett, 1872): synonym of ''
Irenella otarae''
(Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella pfeifferi''
(Philippi, 1845): synonym of ''
Irenella pfeifferi''
(Philippi, 1845) (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella placita''
(Gude, 1913): synonym of ''
Eufretum placita''
(Gude, 1913) (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella plicostriata''
(Mousson, 1870): synonym of ''
Fijia plicostriata''
(Mousson, 1870) (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella ramsayi''
(Liardet, 1876): synonym of ''
Eufretum ramsayi''
(Liardet, 1876) (superseded combination)
* ''Orpiella sorora''
ic synonym of ''Orpiella sororum''
(Clapp, 1923) (misspelling)
References
* Delsaerdt A. , 2016 Land snails on the Solomon Islands. Vol. III. Trochomorphidae and systematical review of all other families. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 160 pp
External links
Gray, J.E. ("descriptions of the species" by L. Pfeiffer). (1855). Catalogue of Pulmonata or air-breathing Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum, Part I. London: Taylor & Francis. 192 ppBaker, H. B. (1941). Zonitid snails from Pacific islands. Part 3 and 4. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 166: 203–370Sykes, E. R. (1900). Notes on the non-marine Mollusca of Norfolk and Phillip Islands, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 4: 139–147Semper, C. (1870–1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel Gude, G. K. (1911). Note on some preoccupied generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9(4): 269–273.
Trochomorphidae
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