Acanthinula

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Acanthinula
Acanthinula aculeata.jpg
Four shells of Acanthinula aculeata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Valloniidae
Subfamily: Acanthinulinae
Genus: Acanthinula
Beck, 1847 [1]
Synonyms
  • AulacaWesterlund, 1903 junior objective synonym
  • Helix (Acanthinula)H. Beck, 1847 (original rank)
  • Helix (Aculeatiana)Caziot, 1910 junior objective synonym
  • Helix (Euacanthinula)Westerlund, 1889 junior objective synonym

Acanthinula is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae. [2]

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Species

The genus Acanthinula contains the following species:

Synonyms

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References

  1. Beck H. (1847). "Verzeichniss einer Sammlung von Landconchylien aus den Dänischen Staaten in Europa, bestehend aus 2,058 Individuen, darstellend 158 Arten, die zu 44 Geschlechtern gehören, eingesandt in Folge Allerhöchsten Befehls zur Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Kiel im Jahre 1846 aus dem Königlichen particulären zoologischen Musäum". Amtlicher Bericht über die Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte24: 122-124. Kiel.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acanthinula H. Beck, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866839 on 2024-02-20