Erepta

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Erepta
Five empty shells of Erepta setiliris on Reunion Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Erepta
(Albers, 1850)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helix (Erepta) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (original rank)
  • Microstylodonta Germain, 1921 · unaccepted
  • Stylodon Albers, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded rank
  • Stylodonta (Erepta) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted

Erepta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.

Species[edit]

Species in the genus Erepta include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References[edit]

  1. ^ Albers (1850). Die Heliceen, page 109.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Erepta Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996385 on 2023-06-26

Griffiths O. L. & Florens V. F. B. (2006). Non-Marine Molluscs of Mascarene Islands. Bioculture Press, Mauritius. ISBN 99949-22-05-X