List of gastropods described in 2012 explained

This list of gastropods described in 2012, is a list of new taxa of snails and slugs of every kind that have been described (following the rules of the ICZN) during the year 2012. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. For changes in taxonomy above the level of genus, see Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005.

Fossil gastropods

• Acilia? basistriata Nützel, Aghababalou & Senowbari-Daryan, 2012^[1]
• Agatrix agathe Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012^[2]
• Amphitrochus balinensis Gründel, 2012^[3]
• Ananias riccardii Pinilla, 2012^[4]
• Anoptychia? luxemburgensis Gründel, 2012^[5]
• Aphera aphrodite Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012
• Axelella cativa Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012
• Bahiensis priscus Cabrera & Martínez, 2012^[6]
• Bivetiella dilatata Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012
• Bulinus corici Harzhauser, Neubauer, Mandic, Zuschin & Ćorić, 2012^[7]
• Cancellaria harzhauseri Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012
• Cancellaria mixta Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012
• Cidarina lenzaniyeuensis del Rio, 2012^[8]
• Cryptaulax redelii Ferrari, 2012^[9]
• Emmericia roetzeli Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
• Euclia alacertata Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012
• Ferrissia crenellata Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
• Gyraulus sachsenhoferi Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
• Gyroscala daniana del Rio, 2012
• Heteroterma carmeloi del Rio, 2012
• Massyla toulai Landau, Petit & Da Silva, 2012
• Microfulgur concheyroae del Rio, 2012
• Nematurella zuschini Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
• Odontohydrobia groisenbachensis Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
• Odontohydrobia pompatica Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
• Odontohydrobia styriaca Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012

from Archiv für Molluskenkunde

• Brasilennea guttula Salvador & Simone, 2012^[10]
• Eoborus rotundus Salvador & Simone, 2012^[10]

from The Veliger:

• Amarophos woodringi Landau & da Silva, 2012^[11]
• Amarophos arayaensis Landau & da Silva, 2012
• Harpa daisyae Landau, Frydman, & da Silva, 2012^[12]

Other taxa

• genus Angulasina Gründel, 2012
• genus Europrotomus Kronenberg & Harzhauser, 2012^[13]
• genus Kaneconcha Kaim & Warén, 2012^[14]
• genus Montreuilopsis Gründel, 2012^[3]
• genus Myusurina Gründel, 2012

Marine gastropods

• Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo, 2012^[15]
• Adfacelina medinai Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
• Austromitra decresca Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Calliostoma tupinamba Dornellas, 2012^[16]
• Dolichupis akangus Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Dolichupis pingius Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Dondice galaxiana Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
• Microvoluta corona Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Mitromorpha mirim Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Mitromorpha sama Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Natica juani Costa & Pastorino, 2012^[17]
• Notocochlis laurae Costa & Pastorino, 2012^[17]
• Onustus aquitanus Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Paradoris adamsae Padula & Valdés, 2012^[19]
• Philinopsis anneae Ornelas-Gatdula & Valdés, 2012^[20]
• Pseudosimnia lacrima Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Subcancilla joapyra Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Terebra assu Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Turricostellaria amphissa Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Turricostellaria apyrahi Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Turricostellaria jukyry Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Turricostellaria ovir Simone & Cunha, 2012^[18]
• Unidentia angelvaldesi Millen & Hermosillo, 2012

Other taxa

• Family Unidentidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
• Genus Unidentia Millen & Hermosillo, 2012

Freshwater gastropods

from Journal of Conchology:

• Bithynia yildirimi Glöer & Georgiev, 2012^[21]
• Gyraulus nedyalkovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2012

from Journal of Molluscan Studies:

• Fluminicola gustafsoni Hershler & Liu, 2012^[22]

Land gastropods

from Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia:

• Anostoma tessa Simone, 2012^[23]
• Kora corallina Simone, 2012^[23]
• Megalobulimus amandus Simone, 2012^[23]
• Spiripockia punctata Simone, 2012^[24]
• Spixia coltrorum Simone, 2012^[23]

from Journal of Conchology:

• Escutiella Martínez-Orti & Borredà, 2012^[25]
• Macedonica dobrostanica Irikov, 2012^[26]
• Plagyrona angusta Holyoak & Holyoak, 2012^[27]
• Ponentina curtivaginata Holyoak & Holyoak 2012^[28]
• Ponentina excentrica Holyoak & Holyoak 2012
• Ponentina foiaensis Holyoak & Holyoak 2012
• Ponentina grandiducta Holyoak & Holyoak 2012
• Ponentina monoglandulosa Holyoak & Holyoak 2012
• Ponentina octoglandulosa Holyoak & Holyoak 2012
• Ponentina papillosa Holyoak & Holyoak 2012
• Trochonanina mwanihanae Rowson & Van Goethem, 2012^[29]
• Upembella nonae Rowson & Van Goethem, 2012

from Archiv für Molluskenkunde:

• Echinix Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012^[30]
• Echinix ochracea Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012^[30]
• Echinix granulata Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012^[30]
• Echinix rugosa Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012^[30]

from Zoosystema:

• Cyclopedus anselini Gargominy & Muratov, 2012^[31]
• Cyclopedus Gargominy & Muratov, 2012^[31]
• Pseudosubulina theoripkeni Gargominy & Muratov, 2012^[31]
• Pseudosubulina nouraguensis Gargominy & Muratov, 2012^[31]

Other taxa

• genus Kora Simone, 2012^[23]
• genus Spiripockia Simone, 2012^[24]
• Pyramidula kuznetsovi Schileyko & Balashov, 2012^[32]

See also

• List of gastropods described in 2011
• List of gastropods described in 2013

Notes and References

1. Nützel, A. . Aghababalou, B. . Senowbari-Daryan, B. . 2012 . Gastropods from the Norian (Late Triassic) Nayband Formation near Natanz (Iran). Bulletin of Geosciences . 87 . 1 . 53–65 . 10.3140/bull.geosci.1324 . free .
2. Landau, B. . Petit, R. E. . Da Silva, C. M. . 2012 . New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species . Journal of Paleontology . 86 . 6 . 907–930 . 10.1666/12-043R.1. 84195307 . Submitted manuscript .
3. Gründel, J.. 2012. Neubearbeitung der von Laube 1867 beschriebenen Gastropodenfauna aus dem mittleren Jura von Balin/Polen . Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A . 114 . 193–288.
4. Pinilla, K. . 2012 . The new species Ananias riccardii(Gastropoda, Eotomariidae) from the Cisuralian of Patagonia, Argentina . Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève . spécial 11 . 357–364 .
5. Gründel, J. . 2012. Beschreibung einiger Gastropoden aus dem unteren und mittleren Jura des Großherzogtums Luxemburg . Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève . 31 . 1 . 115–125 .
6. Cabrera, F. . Martínez, S. . 2012 . The oldest Odontostomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Bahiensis priscus n. sp. (Paleocene, Uruguay) . Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 . 4 . 451–456 . 10.1007/s12542-012-0145-1 . 128881268 .
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16. Dornellas. A. P. S.. Description of a new species of Calliostoma (Gastropoda, Calliostomatidae) from Southeastern Brazil. ZooKeys. 2012. 224. 89–106. 10.3897/zookeys.224.3684. 23129991. 3487647. free .
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18. Simone. L. R. L.. Cunha, C. M. . Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema. 2012. 34. 4. 745–781. 10.5252/z2012n4a6. 84325656 . Submitted manuscript.
19. Padula . V. . Valdés . Á. . 2012 . Phylogeny and biogeography of Paradoris (Nudibranchia, Discodorididae), with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea . The Veliger . 51 . 3. 165–176 .
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21. Glöer . P. . Georgiev . D. . 2012 . Redescription of Gyraulus argaeicus (Sturany 1904) with the description of two new gastropod species from Turkey (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bithyniidae, Planorbidae) . Journal of Conchology . 41 . 2. 167–172 .
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25. Martínez-Orti . A. . Borredà . V. . 2012 . New systematics of Parmacellidae P. Fischer 1856 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), with the recovery of the genus-name Drusia Gray 1855 and the description of Escutiella subgen. nov . Journal of Conchology . 41 . 1. 1–18 .
26. Irikov . A . 2012 . Macedonica dobrostanica n. sp. from Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae) . Journal of Conchology . 41 . 1. 111–113 .
27. Holyoak . D. T. . Holyoak . G. A. . 2012 . An undescribed second species of Plagyrona from Portugal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Valloniidae) . . 41 . 2. 153–165 .
28. Holyoak . D.T. . Holyoak . G.A. . 2012 . A review of the genus Ponentina Hesse 1921 with descriptions of seven new species from Portugal and Spain (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae) . Journal of Conchology . 41 . 2. 173–238 .
29. Rowson . B. . Van Goethem . J. L. . 2012 . A second remarkable slug and a thin-shelled Trochonanina snail from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Stylommatophora: Helicarionoidea: Urocyclidae) . Journal of Conchology . 41 . 2. 239–247 .
30. Thompson . F. G. . Naranjo-García . E. . 2012 . Echinichidae, a new family of dart-bearing helicoid slugs from Mexico, with the description of a new genus and three new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Xanthonychoidea) . . 141 . 2. 197–208 . 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/197-208 .
31. Gargominy . O. . Muratov . I. V. . 2012 . New taxa of land snails from French Guiana . Zoosystema . 34 . 4. 783–792 . 10.5252/z2012n4a7. 85309245 .
32. Schileyko A.A. & Balashov I.A. 2012. Pyramidula kuznetsovi sp. nov. – a new species of land mollusсs from Nepal (Pulmonata, Pyramidulidae). Ruthenica. 22 (1): 41-45.