Massylaea Explained

Massylaea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.^[1]

It contains the following species:

• Massylaea massylaea (Morelet, 1851)
• Massylaea punica (Morelet, 1851)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Massylaea bisseyana Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
• Massylaea bournazeliana Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana lechatelieri (Pallary, 1917) (original combination)
• Massylaea constantina (E. Forbes, 1838): synonym of Eobania constantina (E. Forbes, 1838)
• Massylaea derbesi Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
• Massylaea rerayana (Mousson, 1873): synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (superseded generic combination)
• Massylaea severinae Pallary, 1918: synonym of Loxana severinae (Pallary, 1918)
• Massylaea vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

References

• Morelet, A., 1851. Appendice à la Conchyliologie de l'Algérie; descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 2: 351-361
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Massylaea Möllendorff, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996439 on 2021-02-14