Kalidos Explained

Kalidos is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.[1]

Description

(Original description) The depressed shell is conoid. It is finely striated, and decussated by fine or coarse spirals. The periphery is rounded or angular. The umbilicus is small.[2]

Distribution

This genus occurs in Madagascar.

Species

Species within the genus Kalidos include:

Species broughht into synonymy:

References

Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kalidos Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996393 on 2021-04-10
  2. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825115 Gude, G. K. (1911). Note on some preoccupied generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9(4): 269-273
  3. http://malacos.chez.com/htm/J78.HTM "ARIOPHANTIDAE"
  4. Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 71-141.