Ellobium Explained
Ellobium is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[1]
Ellobium is the type genus of the family Ellobiidae.
Species
Species within the genus Ellobium include:
- Ellobium abollenense (Fontannes, 1877) †
- Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ellobium aurismidae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ellobium boriesi (Plaziat, 1970) †
- Ellobium chinense (Pfeiffer, 1864)
- Ellobium citharellaeforme Wenz, 1922 †
- Ellobium dominicense (Férussac, 1821)
- Ellobium gangeticum (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Ellobium gaziense (Preston, 1913)
- Ellobium grateloupi (Tournouër, 1871) †
- Ellobium hanleyanum (Gassies, 1869)
- Ellobium heberti (Vasseur, 1881) †
- Ellobium incrassatum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Ellobium koerti Huckriede, 1967 †
- Ellobium lorteti (Fontannes, 1876) †
- Ellobium namneticum (Vasseur, 1881) †
- Ellobium oblongum (Deshayes, 1830) †
- Ellobium olivaeforme (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †
- Ellobium pontileviense (de Morgan, 1917) †
- Ellobium pyramidale Sowerby, 1822
- Ellobium requienii (Matheron, 1843) †
- Ellobium roberti (de Morgan, 1917) †
- Ellobium scheepmakeri (Petit de la Saussaye, 1850)
- Ellobium scotinum (Cossmann, 1902) †
- Ellobium semisculptum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Ellobium simplex (Cossmann, 1895) † (taxon inquirendum)
- Ellobium stagnale (d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Ellobium strangulatum (de Morgan, 1917) †
- Ellobium subjudae (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) †
- Ellobium subnodosum (Metcalfe, 1851)
- Ellobium tornatelliforme (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
- Ellobium vicentinum (Fuchs, 1870) †
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Ellobium australe Röding, 1798: synonym of Placostylus fibratus (Martyn, 1784)
- Ellobium barbadense Röding, 1798: synonym of Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ellobium dactylus (Pfeiffer, 1854): synonym of Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ellobium durlstonense Arkell, 1941 †: synonym of Juramarinula durlstonensis (Arkell, 1941) † (new combination)
- Ellobium gangetica [sic]: synonym of Ellobium gangeticum (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Ellobium grande (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †: synonym of Semiauricula grandis (Briart & Cornet, 1887) † (new combination)
- Ellobium labrosum Röding, 1798: synonym of Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ellobium midae Röding, 1798: synonym of Ellobium aurismidae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ellobium oparicum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Auriculastra oparica (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)
- Ellobium semiplicatum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Auriculastra semiplicata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)
- Ellobium subtile Röding, 1798: synonym of Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Vita Malacologica. 4: 29-62
External links
Notes and References
- Bouchet, P. (2014). Ellobium Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206412 on 2014-06-10