Leiostracus Explained

Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.^[1]

This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

Species in the genus Leiostracus include:

• Leiostracus carnavalescus Simone & Salvador, 2016
• Leiostracus cinnamomeolineatus (Moricand, 1841)
• Leiostracus clouei (Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
• Leiostracus demerarensis (Pfeiffer, 1861)
• Leiostracus faerie Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
• Leiostracus ferreirai (Palma & Brito, 1974)
• Leiostracus fetidus Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
• Leiostracus goniotropis (Ancey, 1904)
• Leiostracus manoeli (Moricand, 1841)
• Leiostracus melanoscolops (Dohrn, 1882)
• Leiostracus obliquus (Reeve, 1849)
• Leiostracus omphaloides (Menke, 1846)
• Leiostracus onager (Beck, 1837)
• Leiostracus perlucidus (Spix, 1827)
• Leiostracus sarchochilus (Pfeiffer, 1837)
• Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Pilsbry, 1899)
• Leiostracus vimineus (Moricand, 1833)
• Leiostracus vitreus (Spix, 1827)
• Leiostracus vittatus (Spix, 1827)
• Leiostracus webberi Pilsbry, 1939^[5]

Species brought into synonymy:

• Leiostracus coxeiranus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (junior synonym)
• Leiostracus kugleri Forcart, 1954: synonym of Bostryx kugleri (Forcart, 1954) (original combination)
• Leiostracus polygrammus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Drymaeus polygramma (S. Moricand, 1836)
• Leiostracus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Drymaeus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)

References

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

External links

• Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877282 on 2020-05-04
2. Salvador. R. B.. Cavallari. D. C.. A new species of Leiostracus from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicidae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 2014. 104. 1. 39–42. 10.1590/1678-4766201410413942. 0073-4721. free.
3. Salvador. R. B.. Cavallari. D. C.. Taxonomic revision of Leiostracus onager and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae). Journal of Conchology. 2013. 41. 4. 511–518. 0022-0019. 6988449.
4. Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. .
5. Pilsbry. H. A.. Leiostracus webberi, a new bulimulid snail from Ecuador. The Nautilus. 1939 . 53. 1. 28–29. 0028-1344.