Auriculastra

Auriculastra
Shell of Auriculastra duplicata (syntype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Auriculastra Martens, 1880
Type species
Auriculastra subula Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Synonyms [1]
Auriculastra (Conauricula)Kókay, 2006 †· accepted, alternate representation CylindrotisMöllendorff, 1895 Marinula (Auriculastra)Martens, 1880 (original rank)

Auriculastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. ^[1]

Description

(Described in Latin as Cylindrotis) The shell is almost cylindrical in shape. The aperture is narrow. The peristome is straight and blunt, and it is thickened within by a lip. There is a single parietal lamella. The columella is strongly twisted and truncated, and there are two palatal folds. ^[2]

Distribution

Species of this marine genus occur in the Indo-Pacific Ocean from Mauritius and the Comores to Southeast Asia and Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines and also New Caledonia and Australia (Queensland).

Species

Species in the genus Auriculastra include:

• Auriculastra acuta Connolly, 1922
• † Auriculastra aquensis (Tournouër, 1872)
• † Auriculastra badeniensis Kókay, 2006
• † Auriculastra biplicata (Grateloup, 1828)
• Auriculastra brachyspira (Möllendorff, 1894)
• Auriculastra catonis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
• † Auriculastra dumasi (Cossmann, 1895)
• Auriculastra duplicata (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
• Auriculastra elongata (Küster, 1845)
• Auriculastra gassiesi (Morelet, 1882)
• Auriculastra hyalina (Morelet, 1883)
• Auriculastra oparica (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
• † Auriculastra ovata (Briart & Cornet, 1887)
• Auriculastra pusilla (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
• Auriculastra quadrasi (Möllendorff, 1895)
• Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860)
• Auriculastra saccata (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Auriculastra semiplicata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
• Auriculastra siamensis (Brandt, 1974)
• Auriculastra subula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Auriculastra amplicata(Jickeli, 1874): synonym of Laemodonta amplicata]Jickeli, 1874 synonym of Pedipes amplicatus (Jickeli, 1874)
• Auriculastra bronnii(R. A. Philippi, 1846): synonym of Allochroa bronnii (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (superseded combination)
• Auriculastra incrassata(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Auriculastra elongata(Küster, 1845)
• Auriculastra nanaHaas, 1950: synonym of Microtralia ovulum (Pfeiffer, 1840)
• Auriculastra nevillei(Morelet, 1882): synonym of Auriculastra radiolata(Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
• Auriculastra oblonga(Jickeli, 1874): synonym of Laemodonta oblonga Jickeli, 1874
• Auriculastra pellucens(Menke, 1828): synonym of Ellobium dominicense (A. Férussac, 1821) (junior subjective synonym)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574835 on 2020-06-02
2. Quadras, J. F.; Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1895). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex insulis Philippinis. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 27: 73–88, 105–121, 137–149 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Nomenclator Zoologicus info
• Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp.
• Kókay, J. (2006). Nonmarine mollusc fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene, Bakony Mts., W Hungary. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica. 56, 1-196.

External links

• Martens E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 In K. Moebius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: Gutmann
• Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). "Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken". Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 160. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
• Brandt, R.A.M. (1974). "The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand" (PDF). Archiv für Molluskenkunde: 1–423.