Platyla

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Platyla
Platyla polita.jpg
Six shells of Platyla polita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Aciculidae
Genus: Platyla
Moquin-Tandon, 1856 [1]
Type species
Acme dupuyi
Paladilhe, 1868
Synonyms
  • Acicula (Hyalacme)P. Hesse, 1917
  • Acicula (Platyla)Moquin-Tandon, 1856 (unaccepted rank)
  • Acme (Hyalacme)P. Hesse, 1917 (junior synonym)
  • Acme (Platyla)Moquin-Tandon, 1856 (original rank)
  • HyalacmeP. Hesse, 1917

Platyla is a genus of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Aciculidae. [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Platyla include:

Synonyms

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References

  1. Moquin-Tandon A. 1855. Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France contenant des études générales sur leur anatomie et leur physiologie et la description particulière des genres, des espèces et des variétés. Tome second. pp. 1-646, atlas 1-92, Pl. I-LIV [= 1-54]. Paris. (Baillière).
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Platyla Moquin-Tandon, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=933919 on 2022-01-24