Leiostracus

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Leiostracus
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Leiostracus vittatus from Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Simpulopsidae
Genus: Leiostracus
Albers, 1850 [1]
Synonyms

Drymaeus (Leiostracus)Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)

Contents

Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae. [2]

This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil. [3] [4] [5]

Species

Species in the genus Leiostracus include: [3] [5]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin (Enslin). pp. 1–262.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877282 on 2020-05-04
  3. 1 2 Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2014). "A new species of Leiostracus from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicidae)" (PDF). Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 104 (1): 39–42. doi: 10.1590/1678-4766201410413942 . ISSN   0073-4721.
  4. Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Leiostracus onager and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae)". Journal of Conchology. 41 (4): 511–518. ISSN   0022-0019. OCLC   6988449.
  5. 1 2 Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. ISBN   85-906670-0-6.
  6. Pilsbry, H. A. (1939). "Leiostracus webberi, a new bulimulid snail from Ecuador". The Nautilus. 53 (1): 28–29. ISSN   0028-1344.