Trachia Explained

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

These snails are found from Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka,^[2] Sabah and Singapore.^{[3] [4]}

Species

The following species are recognized.^[5]

• Trachia albicostis (Pfeiffer, 1860)
• Trachia asperella (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Trachia clarus (Godwin-Austen, 1888)
• Trachia contracta (Benson, 1864)
• Trachia cordieri (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908)
• Trachia crassicostata (Benson, 1848)
• Trachia diestalmena (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908)
• Trachia emensus (Godwin-Austen, 1888)
• Trachia fallaciosa (Férussac, 1832)
• Trachia footei Stoliczka, 1873
• Trachia hardouini (de Morgan, 1885)
• Trachia lambineti (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899)
• Trachia limatulata (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908)
• Trachia nangporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1860)
• Trachia nilagirica (Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Trachia pilisparsa (E. von Martens, 1885)
• Trachia proxima (Férussac, 1832)
• Trachia pudica (Godwin-Austen, 1891)
• Trachia reinachae (C. R. Boettger, 1908)
• Trachia ruginosa (Férussac, 1832)
• Trachia serpentinitica Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
• Trachia smithi (Bock, 1881)
• Trachia sordida (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
• Trachia trochalia (Benson, 1861)
• Trachia wrayi (de Morgan, 1885)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Trachia balansai (Morlet, 1886): synonym of Chloritis balansai (Morlet, 1886)
• Trachia delibrata (Benson, 1836): synonym of Bouchetcamaena delibrata (Benson, 1836) (superseded combination, unaccepted combination)
• Trachia durandi (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of Chloritis durandi (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) (subsequent combination)
• Trachia froggatti Ancey, 1898: synonym of Westraltrachia froggatti (Ancey, 1898) (original combination)
• Trachia gabata (A. Gould, 1843): synonym of Chloritis gabata (A. Gould, 1843) (unaccepted combination)
• Trachia marimberti (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of Chloritis marimberti (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) (subsequent combination)
• Trachia monogramma Ancey, 1898: synonym of Trachia froggatti Ancey, 1898: synonym of Westraltrachia froggatti (Ancey, 1898) (original combination)
• Trachia nasuta (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of Chloritis nasuta (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909) (subsequent combination)
• Trachia norodomiana (Morlet, 1883): synonym of Trichochloritis norodomiana (Morlet, 1883) (subsequent combination)
• Trachia orthocheila Ancey, 1898: synonym of Westraltrachia derbyi (Cox, 1892) (junior synonym)
• Trachia penangensis Stoliczka, 1873: synonym of Trichochloritis penangensis (Stoliczka, 1873) (original combination)
• Trachia pseudomiara (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of Bellatrachia pseudomiara (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909) : synonym of Trichochloritis pseudomiara (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)
• Trachia vittata (Müller, 1774): synonym of Pseudotrachia vittata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted combination)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.
• Schileyko, A. A. (2018). On the genus Trachia auct. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Ruthenica. 28(4): 169–174

External links

• On the genus Trachia auct. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae)
• Transfer of 210Po from plant to a land snail species and related risk
• Effect of aestivation on food utilization in the freshwater snail Pila glbosa
• Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i–xviii, 1–359. Leipzig: Engelman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taxon details – Trachia E. von Martens, 1860 . WoRMS . 28 February 2019.
2. Web site: Sri Lankan snail diversity . Sri Lanka Species Database. 25 February 2019.
3. Web site: A sighting of a rare snail, Trachia pudica from Singapore . 25 February 2019.
4. Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species. . ZooKeys. 531. 1–139. Zookeys. 2015 Nov 2;(531):1–139. 26692803. 4668911. 2015. Vermeulen. J. J.. Liew. T. S.. Schilthuizen. M.. 10.3897/zookeys.531.6097. free. 2015ZooK..531....1V .
5. Web site: MolluscaBase taxon details - Eurychlamys Godwin-Austen, 1899 . MolluscaBase . 25 February 2019.