Ophicardelus

Ophicardelus
Two shells of Ophicardelus ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Carychiinae
Genus:	Ophicardelus Beck, 1838 [1]

Ophicardelus is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails or salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.

Species

Ophicardelus sulcatus

Species within the genus Ophicardelus include:

• Ophicardelus costellaris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - New Zealand, Australia, synonym: Ophicardelus australis H. H. Beck, 1838^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821) ^[2] - synonym: Ophicardelus ornata A. de Férussac, 1821 - Australia, (drawing)
• Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - synonyms: Ophicardelus irregularis Mousson, 1869; Ophicardelus minor Mousson, 1869 ^[3] - Australia
• Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 ^[4] - Australia

Synonyms:

• Ophicardelus layardi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 is a synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) ^[5]

References

1. Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (2): 108.
2. Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527242 on 2011-08-28
3. Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527243 on 2011-08-28
4. Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527244 on 2011-08-28
5. Bouchet, P. (2010). Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527224 on 2011-08-28

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1