Acroptychia

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Acroptychia
Shell of Acroptychia aequivoca (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Acroptychia
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1877
Type species
Euptychia metableta Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873
Synonyms
  • Anceyiella Mabille, 1886
  • Euptychia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873 (junior primary homonym of Euptychia Hübner, 1816 (Lepidoptera))

Acroptychia is a taxonomic genus of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. [1]

Species[edit]

Synonyms
  • Acroptychia albocincta E. A. Smith, 1893: synonym of Boucardicus albocinctus (E. A. Smith, 1893) (original combination)
  • Acroptychia manicata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1883: synonym of Acroptychia aequivoca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (junior synonym)
  • Acroptychia metablata [sic]: synonym of Acroptychia metableta (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873) (misspelling)
  • Acroptychia notabilis E. A. Smith, 1892: synonym of Boucardicus notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1892) (original combination)

References[edit]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acroptychia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995562 on 2024-03-17
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

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