Pachystyla

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Pachystyla
Pachystyla bicolor (MNHN-IM-2000-33285).jpeg
Shell of Pachystyla bicolor (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Pachystyla
Moerch, 1852
Synonyms

Pachystyla (Caelatura)· accepted, alternate representation

Contents

Pachystyla is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae. [1]

Distribution

These terrestrial species occur in Mauritius.

Species

Species within the genus Pachystyla include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pachystyla Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996402 on 2021-11-24
  2. Florens, F. B. V. and C. Baider. (2007). Relocation of Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852), a Mauritian endemic landsnail believed extinct. J. Mollus. Stud. 73(2) 205-206.