Hyperaulax

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Hyperaulax
Hyperaulax ridleyi shell.png
Drawing of the apertural view of a shell of Hyperaulax ridleyi .
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus: Hyperaulax
Pilsbry, 1897 [1]
Type species
Bulimus ridleyi
E. A. Smith, 1890
Synonyms [2]
  • BonnaniusJousseaume, 1900 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimulus (Hyperaulax)Pilsbry, 1897 (original rank)

Hyperaulax is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae. [3] [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Hyperaulax include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Pilsbry H. A. (23 February 1897) Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Hyperaulax Pilsbry, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995343 on 2020-06-15
  3. Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 182: 1-70. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.182.2720.