Pleuroxia
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| Shell of Pleuroxia cyrtopleura (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Pleuroxia Ancey 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix cyrtopleura L. Pfeiffer, 1862 | |
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Pleuroxia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Pleuroxia include:
- Pleuroxia abstans Iredale, 1939
- Pleuroxia carmeena G.A. Solem, 1993
- Pleuroxia clydonigera R. Tate, 1894
- Pleuroxia cyrtopleura (Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Pleuroxia everardensis (Bednall, 1892)
- Pleuroxia italowiana Solem, 1992
- Pleuroxia lemani G.P.L.K. Gude, 1916
- Pleuroxia overlanderensis G.A. Solem, 1997
- Pleuroxia phillipsiana (Angas, 1873)
- Synonyms
- Pleuroxia adcockiana (Bednall, 1894): synonym of Granulomelon adcockianum (Bednall, 1894)
- Pleuroxia arcigerens Tate, 1894: synonym of Granulomelon adcockianum (Bednall, 1894)
- Pleuroxia bethana Solem, 1997: synonym of Basedowena bethana (Solem, 1997) (original combination)
- Pleuroxia commenta Iredale, 1939: synonym of Basedowena polypleura (Tate, 1899) (junior synonym)
- Pleuroxia cooperi Cotton, 1939: synonym of Pleuroxia phillipsiana (Angas, 1873) (junior synonym)
- Pleuroxia elfina Iredale, 1939: synonym of Basedowena elfina (Iredale, 1939)
- Pleuroxia hinsbyi Gude, 1916: synonym of Basedowena hinsbyi (Gude, 1916) (superseded combination)
- Pleuroxia mawsoni Iredale, 1937: synonym of Cooperconcha mawsoni (Iredale, 1937) (original combination)
- Pleuroxia musga Iredale, 1937: synonym of Tatemelon musgum (Iredale, 1937) (original combination)
- Pleuroxia oligopleura (Tate, 1894): synonym of Basedowena oligopleura (Tate, 1894)
- Pleuroxia polypleura (Tate, 1899): synonym of Basedowena polypleura (Tate, 1899)
- Pleuroxia radiata (Hedley, 1905): synonym of Basedowena radiata (Hedley, 1905)
- Pleuroxia ruga otton, 1953: synonym of Strepsitaurus rugus (Cotton, 1953) (original combination)
References[edit]
- ^ Ancey C. M. F. (1887). Conch. Exchange 2: 38.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleuroxia Ancey, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818486 on 2022-01-31
External links[edit]
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- Ancey, C. F. (1887). Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. The Conchologists' Exchange. 1(9-10): 53-54
- Angas, G. F. (1864). On the land-shells of South Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1863: 519-529
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