Auriculinella

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Auriculinella
Leucophytia bidentata DSCN3168.JPG
a shell of Auriculinella bidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
Family:
Ellobiidae
Subfamily:
Ellobiinae
Genus:
Auriculinella

Winckworth, 1949 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • LeuconiaGray, 1840(Invalid: junior homonym of Leuconia Grant, 1833 [Porifera]; Leucopepla and Leucophytia are replacement names)
  • LeucopeplaPeile, 1926(Replacement name for Leuconia Gray, 1840, non Grant, 1833; invalid: junior homonym of Leucopepla Kirkaldy, 1907)
  • LeucophytiaWinckworth, 1949(Replacement name for Leuconia Gray, 1840, non Grant, 1833)

Auriculinella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae. [3] [2]

Contents

This is a monotypic genus.

Species

The only species within the genus Leucophytia is:

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References

  1. ↑ Winckworth R. (1949). "A new name for Leuconia Gray". Journal of Conchology23: 38. London.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2012). Auriculinella Tausch, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137923 on 2012-08-19
  3. ↑ Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949. AnimalBase, accessed 16 May 2010.


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