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Opisthosiphon
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Opisthosiphon

Dall, 1905[1]
Synonyms
  • Bermudezsiphona de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Cubitasiphona de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Cylindrosiphona de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Leptopisthosiphon Bartsch, 1946
  • Mirisiphon de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthocoelex de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthocoelicum de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthocoelops de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon (Opisthosiphon) Dall, 1905· accepted, alternate representation
  • Opisthosiphon (Opisthosiphona) Henderson & Bartsch, 1920· accepted, alternate representation

Opisthosiphon is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.[2]

Description

The genus Opisthosiphon has been described by American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1905.[1] Dall's type description reads as follows:[1]

Genus nov. OPISTHOSIPHON, Dall.

Type: Chondropoma Bahamense, Sh. (Figs. 1, 2.) Bahamas.

Shell with the habit of Chondropoma dentatum, Say, but in the adult with a tubular projection behind and distinct from the outer lip and the posterior angle of the aperture, but communicating with the

lumen of the whorl. operculum as in Rhytidopoma, but thinner.

Species

Species within the genus Opisthosiphon include:

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [1]

  • Dall, W.H. (1905). An arrangement of the American Cyclostomatidae, with a revision of the nomenclature. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6(4): 208-210.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  1. ^ a b c d e Dall W. H. (1905). "An arrangement of the American Cyclostomatidae, with a revision of the nomenclature". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 208–210.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.