Orpiella Explained

Orpiella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Orpiella include:

• Orpiella artensis (Souverbie, 1859)
• Orpiella compluviata (Cox, 1871)
• Orpiella concava (Clapp, 1923)
• Orpiella cookensis (Gude, 1905)
• Orpiella desmazuresi (Crosse, 1872)
• Orpiella fragillima (Mousson, 1870)
• Orpiella keppelli (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Orpiella kuntzi Solem, 1960
• Orpiella lepida (Gude, 1913)
• Orpiella malaitaensis (Clapp, 1923)
• Orpiella manni (Clapp, 1923)
• Orpiella pamuaensis (Clapp, 1923)
• Orpiella proxima H. B. Baker, 1941
• Orpiella retardata (Cox, 1870)
• Orpiella salomonis (Vanatta, 1930)
• Orpiella schmeltziana (Garrett, 1887)
• Orpiella scorpio (Gould, 1846)
• Orpiella smithi (Clapp, 1923)
• Orpiella solidiuscula (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Orpiella sororum (Clapp, 1923)
• Orpiella tenella (Garrett, 1872)
• Orpiella treasuryensis (Tryon, 1886)
• Orpiella woodwardi (Godwin-Austen, 1903)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Orpiella casca (Gould, 1852): synonym of Orpiella scorpio (Gould, 1846) (junior synonym)
• Orpiella godeffroyana (Garrett, 1872): synonym of Irenella godeffroyana (Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella hoyti (Garrett, 1872): synonym of Irenella hoyti (Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella macgillivrayi (Gude, 1913): synonym of Fijia macgillivrayi Gude, 1913 (superseded combination)
• Orpiella nitidissima (E. A. Smith, 1885): synonym of Orpiella treasuryensis (Tryon, 1886) (junior secondary homonym replaced before 1961)
• Orpiella nouleti (Le Guillou, 1842): synonym of Irenella nouleti (Le Guillou, 1842) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella otarae (Garrett, 1872): synonym of Irenella otarae (Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella pfeifferi (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Irenella pfeifferi (Philippi, 1845) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella placita (Gude, 1913): synonym of Eufretum placita (Gude, 1913) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella plicostriata (Mousson, 1870): synonym of Fijia plicostriata (Mousson, 1870) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella ramsayi (Liardet, 1876): synonym of Eufretum ramsayi (Liardet, 1876) (superseded combination)
• Orpiella sorora [sic]: synonym of Orpiella sororum (Clapp, 1923) (misspelling)

References

• Delsaerdt A., 2016 Land snails on the Solomon Islands. Vol. III. Trochomorphidae and systematical review of all other families. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 160 pp

External links

• Gray, J.E. ("descriptions of the species" by L. Pfeiffer). (1855). Catalogue of Pulmonata or air-breathing Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum, Part I. London: Taylor & Francis. 192 pp
• Baker, H. B. (1941). Zonitid snails from Pacific islands. Part 3 and 4. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 166: 203–370
• Sykes, E. R. (1900). Notes on the non-marine Mollusca of Norfolk and Phillip Islands, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 4: 139–147
• Semper, C. (1870–1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel
• Gude, G. K. (1911). Note on some preoccupied generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9(4): 269–273.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orpiella L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851340 on 16 November 2021