Euplecta
| Euplecta | |
|---|---|
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| Euplecta bijuga, feeding on fungi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Ariophantidae |
| Genus: | Euplecta C. Semper, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Helix subopaca L. Pfeiffer, 1853 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nanina (Thysanota) Albers, 1860 | |
Euplecta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. [1]
These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka.[2]
More than eighty species are recognized according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).[3]
Species
- Euplecta acalles (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Euplecta acuducta (Benson, 1850)
- Euplecta albizonata (Dohrn, 1858)
- Euplecta apicata (Blanford, 1870)
- Euplecta baconi (Benson, 1850)
- Euplecta binoyaensis Godwin-Austen, 1899
- Euplecta cacuminifera (Benson, 1850)
- Euplecta colletti (E.R. Sykes, 1897)
- Euplecta concavospira (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Euplecta eastlakeana (O.F. von Möllendorff, 1883)
- Euplecta emiliana (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Euplecta fluctuosa Blanford, 1901
- Euplecta foveolata Preston, 1909
- Euplecta gardneri (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Euplecta granulifera Blanford, 1901
- Euplecta herosae Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of Trichochloritis fouresi (Morlet, 1886) (junior synonym)
- Euplecta huberi Thach, 2018: synonym of Ganesella emma (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (junior synonym)
- Euplecta hueae Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of Ganesella rostrella (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (junior synonym)
- Euplecta hyphasma (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Euplecta imperforata Schepman, 1918
- Euplecta indica (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Euplecta isabellina (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Euplecta laevis W.T. Blanford, 1901
- Euplecta lankaensis H.B. Preston, 1909
- Euplecta layardi (L. Pfeiffer, 1851)
- Euplecta mucosa (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
- Euplecta mucronifera Blanford, 1901
- Euplecta neglecta (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Euplecta oribates Blanford, 1901
- Euplecta partita (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Euplecta phidias (S.C.T. Hanley & W. Theobald, 1876)
- Euplecta pingoungensis Godwin-Austen, 1888
- Euplecta prestoni (H.H. Godwin-Austen, 1897)
- Euplecta pulchella Blanford, 1905
- Euplecta rosamonda (W.H. Benson, 1860)
- Euplecta schneideriana I. Rensch, 1930
- Euplecta scobinoides E.R. Sykes, 1897
- Euplecta semidecussata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Euplecta subcastor (Beddome, 1891)
- Euplecta subdecussata (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Euplecta subopaca (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Euplecta travancorica (Benson, 1865)
- Euplecta trimeni (F.P. Jousseaume, 1894)
- Euplecta tripilaris (Gredler, 1890)
- Euplecta turritella (C.B. Adams, 1869)
- Euplecta verrucula (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
However, Worldwide Mollusc Species Database described (WMSD)[4]
- Euplecta adulta (A.R.J.B. Bavay, 1908)
- Euplecta aylvaus W.L.H. Dohrn
- Euplecta biserialis Unknown
- Euplecta divisa (E. Forbes, 1851)
- Euplecta haematina (O.F. von Möllendorff)
- Euplecta inclinata (L. Pfeiffer, 1864)
- Euplecta juvenis (E.A. Smith)
- Euplecta minor (C. Hedley, 1891)
- Euplecta rathouisii (P.M. Heude, 1880)
- Euplecta rosseliana (E.A. Smith, 1889)
- Euplecta woodlarkensis (C. Hedley, 1891)
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995739 on 2020-11-16
- ^ "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Taxon details - Euplecta C. Semper, 1870". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Family: ARIOPHANTIDAE Godwin-Austen, 1888 (Land)". WMSD. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
- Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel. [1-80, pls 1-7 (1870); 81-128 (1873); 129-168 (1874); 169-224 (1877); 225-264, pls 19–20, 22–23 (1880); 265–290, pl. 21 (1882); 291-327, pls 24–27 (1885) (publication dates after Zool. Record)]