Pleurodonte Explained

Pleurodonte is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae.^[1]

The genus Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 is considered to be a synonym of Pleurodonte by Vera (2008), but Schileyko (2006)^[2] considered Dentellaria to be a separate genus.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Pleurodonte includes:

• Dominica (4 species)^[3]
• Jamaica (24 species)^[4]
• Colombia (when is Dentellaria considered as a synonym)^[5]

Species

Species within the genus Pleurodonte include:

• Pleurodonte adamsiana Clapp, 1901^[4]
• Pleurodonte aureola Swainson^[2]
• Pleurodonte barbadensis Lamarck^[2]
• Pleurodonte dentiens (Férussac, 1822)^[3]
• † Pleurodonte desidens (Rang, 1834) - was endemic to Martinique^[6]
• Pleurodonte discolor (Férussac, 1821)^[2]
• Pleurodonte guadeloupensis(Pilsbry, 1889)^[3]
• Pleurodonte hippocastaneum Lamarck, 1792^[2]
• Pleurodonte incerta (Férussac, 1823)
• Pleurodonte isabella Férussac, 1822
• Pleurodonte josephinae (Férussac, 1832)^[3]
• † Pleurodonte lehneri (Trechmann, 1935)
• Pleurodonte lychnuchus (Müller, 1774)^[2]
• Pleurodonte nigrescens (Wood, 1828)^[3]
• Pleurodonte nucleola Rang, 1835
• Pleurodonte orbiculata (Férussac, 1822)
• Pleurodonte pachygastra (Gray, 1834)
• Pleurodonte soror (Férussac, 1821)^[4]
• † Pleurodonte wilsoni B. Roth, 1984

Taxon inquirendum:

• † Pleurodonte debooyi Bartsch, 1918
• Pleurodonte obesa (Beck, 1837)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Pleurodonte acuta (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Lucerna lamarckii (Férussac, 1821) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte acutangula (Burrow, 1815): synonym of Polydontes acutangula (Burrow, 1815) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte amabilis (C. B. Adams, 1850):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria amabilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
• Pleurodonte anomala (Pfeiffer, 1849):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria anomala (Pfeiffer, 1849)
• Pleurodonte atavus (Pfeiffer, 1859):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria atavus (Pfeiffer, 1859)
• Pleurodonte bainbridgii (Pfeiffer, 1845):^[4] synonym of Lucerna bainbridgii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Pleurodonte bifurcata (Deshayes, 1838): synonym of Isomeria bifurcata (Deshayes, 1838): synonym of Labyrinthus bifurcatus (Deshayes, 1838) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte bizonalis (Deshayes, 1850): synonym of Caracolus bizonalis (Deshayes, 1850) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte bowdeniana Simpson, 1895 †: synonym of Lucerna bowdeniana (Simpson, 1895) † (new combination)
• Pleurodonte bronni (Pfeiffer, 1846):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria bronni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Pleurodonte browneana (L. Pfeiffer, 1862): synonym of Dentellaria tridentina (Férussac, 1832) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte candescens C. B. Adams, 1850:^[4] synonym of Dentellaria candescens (C. B. Adams, 1850)
• Pleurodonte cara (C. B. Adams, 1849):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria cara (C. B. Adams, 1849)
• Pleurodonte carmelita (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Lucerna mora (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
• Pleurodonte carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Caracolus carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte catadupae H. B. Baker, 1935:^[4] synonym of Dentellaria catadupae (H. B. Baker, 1935)
• Pleurodonte chemnitziana (Pfeiffer, 1845):^[4] synonym of Lucerna chemnitziana (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Pleurodonte clappi Pilsbry, 1901: synonym of Labyrinthus clappi (Pilsbry, 1901) (original name)
• Pleurodonte crispata (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Hispaniolana crispatus (Férussac, 1821) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte crusta (Dall, 1890) †: synonym of Cepolis (Plagioptycha) crusta (Dall, 1890) † represented as Cepolis crusta (Dall, 1890) †
• † Pleurodonte cunctator (Dall, 1890): synonym of Cepolis (Plagioptycha) cunctator (Dall, 1890) represented as † Cepolis cunctator (Dall, 1890)
• † Pleurodonte diespiter (Dall, 1890) : synonym of † Pleurodontites diespiter (Dall, 1890)
• † Pleurodonte eohippina Cockerell, 1915 : synonym of † Eohipptychia eohippina (Cockerell, 1915) (new combination)
• Pleurodonte fragilis Haas, 1949: synonym of Labyrinthus raimondii (Philippi, 1867) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte gigantea (Scopoli, 1786): synonym of Hispaniolana gigantea (Scopoli, 1786) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte goldmani Dall, 1912: synonym of Labyrinthus subplanatus sipunculatus (Forbes, 1850) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte gudeana Ancey, 1904: synonym of Isomeria basidens gudeana (Ancey, 1904) (original combination)
• Pleurodonte haruspica (Dall, 1890) †: synonym of Pleurodontites haruspica (Dall, 1890) †
• Pleurodonte hesperarche (Cockerell, 1914) †: synonym of Hodopoeus hesperarche (Cockerell, 1914) †
• Pleurodonte ingens (C. B. Adams, 1850):^[4] synonym of Lucerna lamarckii (Férussac, 1821)
• Pleurodonte invalida (C. B. Adams, 1850):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria invalida (C. B. Adams, 1850) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte kendrickensis Mansfield, 1937 †: synonym of Pleurodontites kendrickensis (Mansfield, 1937) † (new combination)
• Pleurodonte lima (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Granodomus lima (Férussac, 1821) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte lindsleyana (Vendryes, 1899): synonym of Dentellaria atavus (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte lucerna (Müller, 1774):^[4] synonym of Lucerna lucerna (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Pleurodonte marginella (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Caracolus marginella (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte michalkovaci H. Binder & Harzhauser, 2008 †: synonym of Pseudochloritis michalkovaci (H. Binder & Harzhauser, 2008) †
• Pleurodonte mora Gray in Griffith, 1834:^[4] synonym of Lucerna mora (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
• † Pleurodonte norica H. Binder, 2004: synonym of † Pseudochloritis norica (H. Binder, 2004)
• Pleurodonte okeniana (Pfeiffer, 1845):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria okeniana (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Pleurodonte oxytenes (Pilsbry, 1889): synonym of Lucerna lucerna (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte pallescens (C. B. Adams, 1851):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria pallescens (C. B. Adams, 1851) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte peracutissima (C. B. Adams, 1845):^[4] synonym of Lucerna lucerna (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte picturata (C. B. Adams, 1849):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria picturata (C. B. Adams, 1849) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte pretiosa (C. B. Adams, 1851): synonym of Lucerna bainbridgii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (junior homonym of Helix pretiosa Albers, 1850)
• Pleurodonte schroeteriana (L. Pfeiffer, 1845): synonym of Dentellaria schroeteriana (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte simsoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1852): synonym of Dentellaria candescens (C. B. Adams, 1850) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte sinuata (Müller, 1774):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria sinuata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte sloaneana (Pfeiffer, 1868):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria sloaneana (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte spengleriana (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Lucerna bainbridgii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte strangulata (C. B. Adams, 1849):^[4] synonym of Dentellaria strangulata (C. B. Adams, 1849) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte subacuta (Pfeiffer, 1867):^[4] synonym of Lucerna subacuta (L. Pfeiffer, 1867) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte sublucerna (Pilsbry, 1889):^[4] synonym of Lucerna sublucerna (Pilsbry, 1889) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte tenaculum Dall, 1909: synonym of Labyrinthus uncigerus (Petit, 1838) (junior synonym)
• Pleurodonte tridentina (Férussac, 1832):^[4] synonym of Lucerna sublucerna (Pilsbry, 1889) (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte undulata (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Hispaniolana crispatus (Férussac, 1821) (based on an invalid original name)
• Pleurodonte vacillans Vendryes, 1902: synonym of Lucerna vacillans Vendryes, 1902 (unaccepted combination)
• Pleurodonte valida (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Dentellaria valida (C. B. Adams, 1850) (unaccepted combination)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Species in Discover Life
• Fischer von W. G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 3: 300pp. 6pls
• Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870600 on 2021-02-17
2. Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1820.
3. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
4. Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161. .
5. Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila . Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) . Biota Colombiana . 9 . 1 . 39–62 . 2008 .
6. Bouchet P. (2000). Pleurodonte desidens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.