Gymnarion Explained

Gymnarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Gymnarion include:

• Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906)
• Gymnarion apertus E. Binder, 1979
• Gymnarion bequaerti E. Binder, 1979
• Gymnarion cheranganiensis Connolly, 1925
• Gymnarion chinegris E. Binder, 1979
• Gymnarion chirindicus E. Binder, 1981
• Gymnarion corneola (Morelet, 1867)
• Gymnarion gomesiana (Morelet, 1867)
• Gymnarion masukuensis (E. A. Smith, 1899)
• Gymnarion medjensis Pilsbry, 1919
• Gymnarion nyasanus (E.A. Smith, 1899)
• Gymnarion tanganyicae (E. von Martens, 1895)
• Gymnarion upembae E. Binder, 1979
• Gymnarion vumbae E. Binder, 1981
• Gymnarion wittei E. Binder, 1979

Taxon inquirendum:

• Gymnarion grandis (Beck)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Gymnarion (Lacrimarion) lacrimosus Connolly, 1929 : synonym of Lacrimarion lacrimosus (Connolly, 1929) (superseded combination)
• Gymnarion aloysii-sabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906) : synonym of Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906) (incorrect original spelling)
• Gymnarion lacrimosus Connolly, 1929 : synonym of Lacrimarion lacrimosus (Connolly, 1929) (original combination)

References

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

External links

• Pilsbry, H.A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 40: 1–370, pls I-XXIII

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996906 on 14 January 2021