Leptopomoides Explained

Leptopomoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.^[1] These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

Seven species are recognized.^{[2] [3]}

Species

• Leptopomoides conulus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Leptopomoides flammeus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Leptopomoides halophilus (W.H. Benson, 1851)
• Leptopomoides orophilus (W.H. Benson, 1853)
• Leptopomoides poecilus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Leptopomoides taprobanensis (Peston, 1909)
• Leptopomoides valvatus (O.F. von Möllendorff, 1897)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taxon details - Eurychlamys Godwin-Austen, 1899 . WoRMS . 25 February 2019.
2. Web site: MolluscaBase taxon details - Leptopomoides G. Nevill, 1878 . MolluscaBase . 25 February 2019.
3. Web site: Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka . Clearing House Mechanism. 25 February 2019.