Mesembrinus

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Mesembrinus
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Mesembrinus multilineatus on a tree branch
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Mesembrinus
Albers, 1850
Species [1]

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Synonyms [1]
  • Buliminus (Mesembrinus)Albers, 1850
  • Bulimulus (Mesembrinus)Albers, 1850
  • Bulimus (Mesembrinus)Albers, 1850 (basionym)
  • Drymaeus (Diaphanomormus)Weyrauch, 1964
  • Drymaeus (Leptodrymaeus)Pilsbry, 1946
  • Drymaeus (Mesembrinus)Albers, 1850
  • Drymaeus (Orodrymaeus)Pilsbry, 1926
  • Mesembrinus (Leptomormus)Weyrauch, 1958

Mesembrinus is a genus of tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae. [1] Mesembrinus was previously considered a subgenus of Drymaeus , but research published in 2023 has elevated the taxon to genus level. [2]

Species

Currently, these species are included in Mesembrinus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Molluscabase - *Mesembrinus Albers, 1850". molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  2. Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Silva, Fernanda S.; Cavallari, Daniel C.; Köhler, Frank; Slapcinsky, John; Breure, Abraham S. H. (2023-07-26). "Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises". PLOS ONE. 18 (7): e0288533. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1888533S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288533 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   10370776 . PMID   37494326.