Alycaeus Explained

Alycaeus is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Alycaeinae.^[1]

Distribution

There are recognized 23 species of Alycaeus in Peninsular Malaysia.

Species

Species within the genus Alycaeus include:

• Alycaeus altis
  • Alycaeus altis pirus Möllendorff, 1902
• Alycaeus conformis Fulton, 1902
• Alycaeus eydouxi Venmans, 1956
• Alycaeus gibbosulus Stoliczka, 1872
• Alycaeus goliath Páll-Gergely, 2023
• Alycaeus jousseaumei Morgan, 1885
• Alycaeus pyramidalis W. H. Benson, 1856
• Alycaeus rolfbrandti Maassen, 2006
• Alycaeus somwangi Dumrongrojwattana & Maassen, 2008

Synonyms:

• Alycaeus alticola Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kapayanensis alticola (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017) (basionym)
• Alycaeus balingensis Tomlin, 1948:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis balingensis (Tomlin, 1948) (basionym)
• Alycaeus carinata Maassen, 2006:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis carinatus (Maassen, 2006) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
• Alycaeus charasensis Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kapayanensis charasensis (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017) (basionym)
• Alycaeus clementsi Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kelantanensis clementsi (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017) (basionym)
• Alycaeus costacrassa Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kapayanensis costacrassa (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017) (basionym)
• Alycaeus expansus Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kelantanensis expansus (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017) (basionym)
• Alycaeus galbanus Godwin-Austen, 1889: synonym of Stomacosmethis galbanus (Godwin-Austen, 1889) (original combination)
• Alycaeus globosus Adams, 1870: synonym of Pincerna globosus (H. Adams, 1871)
• Alycaeus hosei Godwin-Austen, 1889: synonym of Stomacosmethis hosei (Godwin-Austen, 1889)
• [lycaeus ikanensis'' <small>Foon & Liew, 2017</small>:<ref name="Foon 2017"/> synonym of S''tomacosmethis kapayanensis ikanensis'' <small>(Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017)</small> * ''Alycaeus kapayanensis'' <small>Morgan, 1885</small>:<ref name="Foon 2017"/> synonym of ''[[Stomacosmethis kapayanensis]] (de Morgan, 1885)
• Alycaeus kelantanensis Sykes, 1902:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kelantanensis (Sykes, 1902)
• Alycaeus kurauensis Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kapayanensis kurauensis (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017)
• Alycaeus liratulus Preston, 1907:^[2] synonym of Pincerna liratulus (Preston, 1907)
• Alycaeus perakensis Crosse, 1879:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis perakensis (Crosse, 1879)
• Alycaeus regalis Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis regalis (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017)
• Alycaues roebeleni Möllendorff, 1894:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis roebeleni (Möllendorff, 1894)
• Alycaeus selangoriensis Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kapayanensis selangoriensis (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017)
• Alycaeus senyumensis Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis senyumensis (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017)
• Alycaeus thieroti Morgan, 1885:^[2] synonym of Pincerna thieroti (de Morgan, 1885)
• Alycaeus virgogravida Foon & Liew, 2017:^[2] synonym of Stomacosmethis kapayanensis virgogravida (Foon & T.-S. Liew, 2017)

External links

• Baird W. (1850). Nomenclature of molluscous animals and shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cyclophoridae. British Museum, London. 69 pp.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Alycaeus Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996197 on 2020-05-12
2. 10.3897/zookeys.692.14706. 1313-2970. 1–81. Foon. Junn Kitt. Liew. Thor-Seng. A review of the land snail genus Alycaeus (Gastropoda, Alycaeidae) in Peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys. 2017-11-02. 2017-08-21. 692. 29133987. 5672734. free. 2017ZooK..692....1F.