Ampelita Explained

Ampelita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Ampelita include:

• Ampelita alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1895)
• Ampelita ambatoensis Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
• Ampelita andriamamonjyi Griffiths & Herbert, 2013
• Ampelita atropos (Férussac, 1840)
• Ampelita bathiei Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita battistinii Fischer-Piette & Garreau, 1965
• Ampelita beanka Griffiths & Herbert, 2013
• Ampelita bizonalis Odhner, 1919
• Ampelita caderyi Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
• Ampelita caduca Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975
• Ampelita calida Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975
• Ampelita calypso (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
• Ampelita chlorozona (Grateloup, 1840)
• Ampelita clotho (Férussac, 1840)
• Ampelita consanguinea (Férussac, 1840)
• Ampelita covani (E. A. Smith, 1879)
• Ampelita culminans Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita decaryi Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita denisi Dautzenberg, 1928
• Ampelita dingeoni Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975
• Ampelita duvalii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1844)
• Ampelita fulgurata (Sowerby, 1838)
• Ampelita funebris (Morelet, 1877)
• Ampelita futura Fischer-Piette & Garreau, 1965
• Ampelita galactostoma (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
• Ampelita gaudens (Mabille, 1884)
• Ampelita globulus Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974
• Ampelita grandidieri Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita granulosa (Férussac, 1840)
• Ampelita julii Fischer-Piette & Garreau, 1965 - Ampelita julii soa Emberton & Griffiths, 2009
• Ampelita lachesis (Férussac, 1840)
• Ampelita lamarei (Pfeiffer, 1853)^[2]
• Ampelita lancula (Férussac, 1821)
• Ampelita lindae Griffiths & Herbert, 2013
• Ampelita lourdoni Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
• Ampelita madagascariensis (Lamarck, 1816)
• Ampelita madecassina (Férussac, 1821)
• Ampelita milloti Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita namerokoensis Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita neoglobulus Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
• Ampelita omphalolodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Ampelita owengriffithsi^[3]
• Ampelita parva Fischer-Piette & Garreau, 1965
• Ampelita percyana (E. A. Smith, 1880)
• Ampelita petiti Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita pfeifferi Fischer-Piette, 1952
• Ampelita pilosa Fischer-Piette & Garreau, 1965
• Ampelita robillardi (H. Adams & Angas, 1876)
• Ampelita sepulcralis (Férussac, 1821)
• Ampelita shavi E. A. Smith, 1879
• Ampelita soulaiana Fischer Cauquoin Tes, 1973
• Ampelita stilpna (Mabille, 1884)
• Ampelita stumpfii (Kobelt, 1880)
• Ampelita suarezensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1877)
• Ampelita subatropos (Dautzenberg, 1894)
• Ampelita subsepulcralis (Crosse, 1868)
• Ampelita sylvatica Fischer-Piette & Garreau, 1965
• Ampelita unicolor (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Ampelita vanoci Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
• Ampelita vesconis (Morelet, 1851)
• Ampelita xystera (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)

References

• Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Ampelita H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995409 on 2018-11-19
2. Emberton K. C. & Griffiths O. L. (2009). "Pulmonate land mollusks from three rainforest transects in northeastern Madagascar: part 1 of 2, with descriptions of 12 new * And one new subspecies (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 138(2): 137-167. .
3. Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 71-141.