Solaropsis
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Solaropsis |
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Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae.[3]
Distribution
Distribution of Solaropsis include:
Central America:
South America:
Species
Species within the genus Solaropsis include:
- Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015[6]
- Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)[7]
- Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer[2]
- Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)[7]
- Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900[7]
- Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)[2][7]
- Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer[2]
- Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)[2][7]
- Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837[7]
- Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)[7]
- Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882[7]
- Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938[5][7]
- Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)[7]
- Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)[7]
- Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933[7]
- Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer[2]
- Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)[7]
- Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer[2]
- Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch[2]
- Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)[7]
- Solaropsis pellis serpentis Chemnitz[2]
- Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900[7]
- Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer[2]
- Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)[7]
- Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882[7]
- Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer[2]
- Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)[7]
- Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879)[4]
- Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934[7]
- Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)[2][7]
- Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)[7]
Ecology
Solaropsis lives in rain forests.[5]
Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.[5]
References
- ^ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1840-1843.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Oliveira L. E. (2010). "Carnivory in Solaropsis aff. fairchildi (Gastropoda, Solaropsidae)". Strombus 17(2): 12-13. abstract.
- ^ Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Alcobaça (Bahia, Brazil), with description of a new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. Neue Serie 8: 1–7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31-46.