Plicadomus
| Plicadomus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthogibbinae |
| Genus: | Plicadomus Swainson, 1840[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix sulcata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plicadomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Streptaxidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
The genus Plicadomus is endemic to Mauritius.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Plicadomus include:[3]
- Plicadomus newtoni (H. Adams, 1867)
- Plicadomus sulcata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
References[edit]
- ^ Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol. 167, 332.
- ^ a b Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Plicadomus Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996791 on 2023-06-27
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