Caracolus

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Caracolus
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Caracolus caracolla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Sagdoidea
Family: Solaropsidae
Genus: Caracolus
Montfort, 1810 [1]
Type species
Caracolus oculatusMontfort, 1810
Synonyms [2]
  • CaracollaMontfort, 1810
  • CarocollaGray, 1825 (incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation)
  • Corocolla auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • DiscodomaSwainson, 1840
  • Helix (Caracolla)Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)
  • Helix (Caracolus)Montfort, 1810
  • Helix (Carocolla) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • SerpentulusAdams, 1855
  • VortexOken, 1815 (Not available name: Published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 417)
  • Wurtzorbis Webb, 1970

Caracolus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae. [3]

Contents

Species

Species within the genus Caracolus include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst.2: 138.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1826.
  3. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caracolus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932622 on 2020-07-27
  4. ↑ "Tree snail". El Yunque National Forest. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2022.


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