Hypnophila Explained

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

Species

Species in the genus Hypnophila include:

• Hypnophila cyclothyra (O. Boettger, 1885)
• † Hypnophila loxostoma (Klein, 1853)
• Hypnophila malagana E. Gittenberger & Menkhorst, 1983
• Hypnophila polita (Porro, 1838)
• Hypnophila psathyrolena (Bourguignat, 1859)
• Hypnophila pupaeformis (Cantraine, 1835)
• † Hypnophila subrimata (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
• Hypnophila zacynthia (J. R. Roth, 1855)

Species brought into synonymy:* Hypnophila bisacchii Giusti, 1970: synonym of Gomphroa bisacchii (Giusti, 1970)

• Hypnophila boissii (Dupuy, 1851): synonym of Gomphroa boissii (Dupuy, 1851) (superseded combination)
• Hypnophila boissyi (Dupuy, 1851): synonym of Hypnophila boissii (Dupuy, 1851): synonym of Gomphroa boissii (Dupuy, 1851)
• Hypnophila cylindracea (Calcara, 1840): synonym of Gomphroa cylindracea (Calcara, 1840) (superseded combination)
• Hypnophila dohrni (Paulucci, 1882): synonym of Gomphroa dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
• Hypnophila emiliana (Bourguignat, 1859): synonym of Gomphroa emiliana (Bourguignat, 1859) (superseded combination)
• Hypnophila etrusca (Paulucci, 1886): synonym of Gomphroa etrusca (Paulucci, 1886)
• Hypnophila girottii Esu, 1978: synonym of Gomeziella girottii (Esu, 1978) (new combination)
• Hypnophila incerta (Bourguignat, 1859): synonym of Gomphroa incerta (Bourguignat, 1859) (superseded combination)
• Hypnophila remyi (Boettger, 1949): synonym of Gomphroa remyi (O. Boettger, 1949)
• Hypnophila zirjensis Štamol, Manganelli, Barbato & Giusti, 2018: synonym of Gomphroa zirjensis (Štamol, Manganelli, Barbato & Giusti, 2018) (superseded combination)

External links

• Animal Base info
• Bourguignat, J.-R. (1859). Aménités Malacologiques. § LXVIII. Notice monographique sur le genre Azeca. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. (2) 10 (12) [“1858”]: 527–545, pl. 18; (2) 11 (1): 16–21. Paris (≥ January; > January). [= Aménités Malacologiques, Tome second (livr. 5): 85–109, pl. 14 (1859). Paris (J.-B. BAILLIÈRE) ]

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=933926 on 13 March 2021