Caracolus Explained

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

Species

Species within the genus Caracolus include:

• Caracolus albilabris Lamarck, 1816
• † Caracolus aquilonaris Bishop, 1979
• Caracolus bicolor Lamarck, 1816
• Caracolus bizonalis (Deshayes, 1850)
• Caracolus caracolla Oken^[2]
• Caracolus carinatus (Röding, 1798)
• Caracolus carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Caracolus cimarron Espinosa, Fernández-Velázquez & Ortea, 2016
• Caracolus marginella (Gmelin, 1791)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810: synonym of Caracolus carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758)

External links

• Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16
• Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983 page(s): 120
• MNHN, Paris: Caracolus carinatus (Röding, 1798)

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caracolus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932622 on 2020-07-27
2. Web site: Tree snail. El Yunque National Forest . April 3, 2020 . April 28, 2022.