Hyperaulax

Hyperaulax
Drawing of the apertural view of a shell of Hyperaulax ridleyi .
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Tomogeridae
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 Tomogeridae. ^{[3] [2]}

Species

Species within the genus Hyperaulax include: ^[1]

• Hyperaulax ramagei (E. A. Smith, 1890)
• Hyperaulax ridleyi (E. A. Smith, 1890) - type species

Species brought into synonymy

• † Hyperaulax americanus(Heilprin, 1886): synonym of † Tocobaga americanus (Heilprin, 1886)
• † Hyperaulax ballistae(Dall, 1915): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
• † Hyperaulax floridanus(Conrad, 1846): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
• † Hyperaulax heilprinianus(Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
• † Hyperaulax limnaeiformis(Meek & Hayden, 1856): synonym of † Lioplacodes limneaformis (Meek & Hayden, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling; new combination)
• † Hyperaulax remolinus(Dall, 1915): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
• † Hyperaulax stearnsii(Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
• † Hyperaulax tampae(Dall, 1915): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
• † Hyperaulax tortilla(Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)

References

1. Pilsbry H. A. (23 February 1897) Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10.
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 .

External links

• Pilsbry H. A. (1897-1898) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 11. American Bulimulidae: Bulimulus, Neopetraeus, Oxychona, and South American Drymaeus. Continued by H. A. Pilsbry. page 82-83
• Jousseaume, [F.]. (1900). Mollusques terrestres. Clausilia, Rhodea et Bulimus Sud-Americanae. Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris, ser. 9. 2(1): 5-44
• Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the genus Hyperaulax Pilsbry, 1897 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Odontostomidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 95(2): 453-463.