Plegma

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Plegma
Plegma caelatura juv Reunion 0410.jpg
A live juvenile of Plegma caelatura
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
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Plegma

Gude, 1911 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Ariocaelatura Germain, 1921 [3] Coelatura L. Pfeiffer, 1877 [4]

Plegma is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.

Species

Species within the genus Plegma include:

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References

  1. Gude G. P. L. K. (1911). "FURTHER NOTE ON PREOCCUPIED MOLLUSCAN GENERIC NAMES AND A PROPOSED NEW GENUS OF THE FAMILY HELICIDÆ ". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9(6): 361–362, page 361. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a066367.
  2. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2018). Plegma Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996405 on 2018-09-14
  3. Germain (1921). Faune Malac. Terr. Fluv. Mascareignes, page 461.
  4. Pfeiffer L. (1877). Malakozoologische Blätter24: page 8.