Oleacina

Last updated

Oleacina
Alecton discoidalis and Oleacina.png
A firefly larva Alecton discoidalis feeding on Oleacina sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Testacelloidea
Family:
Oleacinidae
Subfamily:
Oleacininae
Genus:
Oleacina

Röding, 1798 [1]

Oleacina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oleacinidae.

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Land snail Mollusc

A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells. However, it is not always easy to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less amphibious between land and fresh water, and others are relatively amphibious between land and salt water.

Oleacinidae family of molluscs

Oleacinidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.

Oleacina is the type genus of the family Oleacinidae. [2]

Ecology

Predators of Oleacina include larvae of the firefly bug Alecton discoidalis in Cuba. [3]

<i>Alecton discoidalis</i> species of beetle

Alecton discoidalis is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae, commonly known as the Cuban endemic firefly. The larvae of this species are predators on both pulmonate and operculate land snails. Alecton discoidalis is the type species of the genus Alecton.

Related Research Articles

<i>Chondropoma</i> genus of molluscs

Chondropoma is a genus of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropods in the family Pomatiidae.

<i>Oliva vidua</i> species of mollusc

Oliva vidua, common name the black olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Olivancillaria urceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Torrella immersa</i> species of mollusc

Torrella immersa is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

<i>Torrella</i> (gastropod) genus of molluscs

Torrella is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.

<i>Chondropoma pictum</i> species of mollusc

Chondropoma pictum is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

<i>Helicina aspersa</i> species of mollusc

Helicina aspersa is a species of a land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Rhytidopoma coronatum is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

Farcimen tortum is a species of a land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Megalomastomatidae.

Praticolella griseola is a species of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.

<i>Ustronia sloanei</i> species of mollusc

Ustronia sloanei is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Pycnoptychia is a genus of a land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocoptidae.

Alcadia hispida is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Emoda sagraiana is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Chondropoma auberianum is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

Chondropoma irradians is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

Eutudora jimenoi is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

References

  1. ↑ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  3. ↑ Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi : 10.1155/2010/149879.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.