Hystricella Explained
Hystricella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Hystricella include:
- † Hystricella aucta (Wollaston, 1878)
- Hystricella bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
- † Hystricella echinoderma (Wollaston, 1878)
- Hystricella echinulata (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
- † Hystricella microcarinata De Mattia & Groh, 2018
- Synonyms:
- Hystricella leacockiana (Wollaston, 1878): synonym of Wollastonaria leacockiana (Wollaston, 1878) (superseded generic combination)
- Hystricella oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831):[2] synonym of Wollastonaria oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)
- Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831): synonym of Wollastonaria turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)
References
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
- Lowe, R. T. (1855 ("1854")). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208
- De Mattia, W., Neiber, M. T. & Groh, K. (2018). Revision of the genus-group Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855 from Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago), with descriptions of new recent and fossil taxa (Gastropoda, Helicoidea, Geomitridae). ZooKeys. 732: 1-125
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998825 on 2022-07-21
- Seddon, M.B. . 2011 . Wollastonaria oxytropis . 2011 . e.T6728A12801442 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6728A12801442.en . 18 November 2021.
