List of gastropods described in 2018 explained

This list of gastropods described in 2018 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 2018. The list only includes taxa at the rank of genus or species.

Marine gastropods

New species

Vetigastropoda

The following vetigastropod species were described in 2018:^[1]

Neogastropoda

The following neogastropod species were described in 2018:

• Adinassa barcai Horro, Schönherr & Rolán, 2018
• Afonsoconus crosnieri Tenorio, Monnier & Puillandre, 2018
• Africonus freitasi Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018^[2]
• Africonus josegeraldoi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018
• Africonus padarosae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018
• Coltroconus bianchii Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
• Conasprella lemuriana Monnier, Tenorio, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2018^[3]
• Conasprella gubernatrix Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]
• Conus aequiquadratus Monnier, Tenorio, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2018^[3]
• Conus cazalisoi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018^[5]
• Conus cymbioides Monnier, Tenorio, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2018^[3]
• Conus demisgeraldoi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018^[5]
• Conus galeyi Monnier, Tenorio, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2018^[3]
• Darioconus rosiae Monnier, Batifoix & Limpalaër, 2018^[6]
• Jaspidiconus crabosi Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]
• Jaspidiconus icapui Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]
• Jaspidiconus itapua Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]
• Jaspidiconus joanae Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]
• Jaspidiconus keppensi Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]
• Parabuccinum politum Pastorino, 2018^[7]
• Pionoconus easoni Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]
• Poremskiconus tourosensis Petuch & Berschauer, 2018^[4]

Neritimorpha

• Nerita (Cymostyla) eichhorsti Krijnen, Gras & Vink, 2018
• Nerita eichhorsti Krijnen, Gras & Vink, 2018

Nudibranchia

• Bohuslania matsmichaeli Korshunova, Lundin, Malmberg, Picton & Martynov, 2018^[8]
• Platydoris guarani Lima & Simone, 2018^[9]

New genera

• Bohuslania Korshunova, Lundin, Malmberg, Picton & Martynov, 2018
• Pictoconus Limpalaër & Monnier, 2018^[10]

Land gastropods

New species

• Callina waldeni Groh & De Mattia, 2018
• Georissa anyiensis Khalik, Hendriks, Vermeulen & Schilthuizen, 2018^[11]
• Georissa bauensis Khalik, Hendriks, Vermeulen & Schilthuizen, 2018^[11]
• Georissa kinabatanganensis Khalik, Hendriks, Vermeulen & Schilthuizen, 2018^[11]
• Georissa muluensis Khalik, Hendriks, Vermeulen & Schilthuizen, 2018^[11]
• Georissa sepulutensis Khalik, Hendriks, Vermeulen & Schilthuizen, 2018^[11]
• Georissa silaburensis Khalik, Hendriks, Vermeulen & Schilthuizen, 2018^[11]
• Hystricella microcarinata De Mattia & Groh, 2018
• Libera kondoi Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018^[12]
• Minidonta opunohua Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018^[12]
• Nesodiscus cookei Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018^[12]
• Nesodiscus nummus Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018^[12]
• Pilsbrylia dalli Simone, 2018^[13]
• Wollastonia beckmanni De Mattia & Groh, 2018
• Wollastonia falknerorum Groh, Neighbor & De Mattia, 2018
• Wollastonia inexpectata De Mattia & Groh, 2018
• Wollastonia jessicae De Mattia, Neighbor & Groh, 2018
• Wollastonia klausgrohi De Mattia & Neighbor, 2018
• Wollastonia ripkeni De Mattia & Groh, 2018
• Zospeum percostulatum Alonso, Prieto, Quiñonero-Salgado & Rolán, 2018^[14]

New subspecies

• Wollastonia jessicae jessicae De Mattia, Neighbor & Groh, 2018
• Wollastonia jessicae monticola De Mattia, Neighbor & Groh, 2018

New genera

• Wollastonia De Mattia, Neighbor & Groh, 2018^[15]

See also

• List of gastropods described in 2017
• List of gastropods described in 2019

External links

• Taxa of gastropods described in 2018 in WoRMS database.
• Book: Thach . Nguyen Ngoc . New Shells of South Asia - Seashells - Landsnails - Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies . 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA . 2018 . 172.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Searching for: Vetigastropoda; 2018 . MolluscaBase . 28 May 2019.
2. M.J.. Tenorio. C.M.L.. Afonso. E.. Rolán. S. Pires. P.. Vasconcelos. S.. Abalde. R.. Zardoya. DNA sequences disclose a new species of Africonus cone snail from São Vicente (Gastropoda: Conidae). Zoologia Caboverdiana. 2018. 6. 32–41.
3. Monnier . E. . Tenorio . M. J. . Bouchet . P. . Puillandre . N. . 2018 . The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar "Deep South": composition, endemism and new taxa" . Xenophora Taxonomy . 19 . 25–75 .
4. E.J.. Petuch. D.P.. Berschauer. Ten new cone shells from Indonesia, the Marquesas Islands, Brazil, and Pacific Panama. The Festivus. 2018. 50. 1. 17–35.
5. T.. Cossignani. R.. Fiadeiro. Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 98. 14–20.
6. Monnier . E. . Batifoix . J.L. . Limpalaër . L. . 2018 . Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar . Xenophora Taxonomy . 19 . 9–24 .
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11. Khalik . Mohd Zacaery . Hendriks . Kasper . Vermeulen . Jaap J. . Schilthuizen . Menno . A molecular and conchological dissection of the "scaly" Georissa of Malaysian Borneo (Gastropoda, Neritimorpha, Hydrocenidae) . ZooKeys . 9 July 2018 . 773 . 1–55 . 10.3897/zookeys.773.24878. 30026659 . free . 6048177 .
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13. Simone. L.R.L.. The presence of the Argentinian genus Pilsbrylia in Brazil, with description of a new species (Gastropoda, Odontostomidae). Journal of Conchology. 2018. 43. 1. 13–16.
14. Alonso. Alvaro. Prieto. Carlos E.. Quiñonero-Salgado. Sergio. Rolán. Emilio. A morphological gap for Iberian Zospeum filled: Zospeum percostulatum sp. n. (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Carychiidae) a new species from Asturias (Spain). Subterranean Biology. 15 March 2018. 25. 35–48. 10.3897/subtbiol.25.23364. free.
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