Acanthinula Explained
Acanthinula is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae. [1]
Species
The genus Acanthinula contains the following species:
- Acanthinula aculeata (Müller, 1774) - type species
- † Acanthinula antonini (Michaud, 1862)
- † Acanthinula archiaci (de Boissy, 1848)
- † Acanthinula armoricensis (Cossmann, 1902)
- Acanthinula azorica Pilsbry, 1926
- † Acanthinula cenchridium (Cossmann, 1902)
- † Acanthinula clairi Schlickum & Truc, 1972
- † Acanthinula dumasi (de Boissy, 1848)
- Acanthinula expatriata Preston, 1911
- † Acanthinula geslini (de Boissy, 1848)
- † Acanthinula hesslerana Jooss, 1911
- † Acanthinula imperforata (K. Miller, 1907)
- † Acanthinula karsdorfensis Kadolsky, 2020
- † Acanthinula nanxiongensis W. Yu, H.-L. Gu & X.-Q. Zhang, 1990
- † Acanthinula paludinaeformis (F. Sandberger, 1858)
- † Acanthinula paronae (Sacco, 1887)
- Acanthinula peracanthoda (Bourguignat, 1883)
- † Acanthinula pygmaea (Simionescu & Barbu, 1940)
- Acanthinula spinifera Mousson, 1872
- † Acanthinula stampinensis (Deshayes, 1863)
- Acanthinula straeleni W. Adam, 1954
- † Acanthinula stueri (Cossmann, 1892)
- † Acanthinula sublabyrinthica (F. E. Edwards, 1852)
- † Acanthinula trochulus (F. Sandberger, 1872)
- † Acanthinula tuchoricensis (Klika, 1891)
Synonyms
- Acanthinula granum Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879: synonym of Thysanophora granum (Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879) (original combination)
- Acanthinula harpa (Say, 1824): synonym of Zoogenetes harpa (Say, 1824) (superseded combination)
- Acanthinula membranacea Jickeli, 1873: synonym of Helix (Acanthinula) steudneri Jickeli, 1874: synonym of Sitala steudneri (Jickeli, 1874) (secondary homonym in Helix; Helix steudneri is a replacement name)
- † Acanthinula nana (A. Braun, 1851): synonym of † Esuinella nana (A. Braun, 1851) (superseded combination)
- Acanthinula perpusilla Möllendorff, 1897: synonym of Anaglyphula perpusilla (Möllendorff, 1897)
- † Acanthinula plicatella (Reuss, 1849): synonym of † Spermodea plicatella (Reuss, 1849) (superseded combination)
- Acanthinula raffrayi (Bourguignat, 1883): synonym of Acanthinula peracanthoda (Bourguignat, 1883) (name based on junior primary homonym)
- † Acanthinula stampiensis [sic]: synonym of † Acanthinula stampinensis (Deshayes, 1863) (misspelling)
- Acanthinula tiluana Möllendorff, 1897: synonym of Anaglyphula tiluana (Möllendorff, 1897) (original combination)
References
- Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidulidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1-127. Moskva
External links
- Westerlund, C. A. (1903). Methodus dispositionis Conchyliorum extramarinorum in regione palaearctica viventium, familias, genera, subgenera et stirpes sistens. Rada Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti. 151
- Westerlund, C. A. (1889). Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31
- Caziot, E. (1910). Étude sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Principauté de Monaco et du Département des Alpes-Maritimes. 559 + (1) (= Errata) + [7] (= Ouvrages scientifiques du même auteur) pp., pl. 1-10. Monaco (Collection de Mémoires et Documents).]
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acanthinula H. Beck, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866839 on 2024-02-20
