Plutonia (gastropod)

Plutonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Limacoidea
Family:	Vitrinidae
Genus:	Plutonia Morelet, 1864
Synonyms
VitriplutoniaCollinge, 1893

A plutonia snail.

Plutonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Vitrinidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs on the Azores.

Species

• Plutonia atlantica (Morelet, 1860)

Synonyms

• Plutonia crassa(Groh & Hemmen, 1986) †: synonym of Madeirovitrina crassa (Groh & Hemmen, 1986) †
• Plutonia dianaeValido & M. R. Alonso, 2000: synonym of Canarivitrina dianae (Valido & M. R. Alonso, 2000) (original combination)
• Plutonia falciferaIbanez & Groh, 2000: synonym of Canarivitrina falcifera (Ibáñez & Groh, 2000) (original combination)
• Plutonia portosantana(Groh & Hemmen, 1986) †: synonym of Madeirovitrina portosantana (Groh & Hemmen, 1986) †
• Plutonia ripkeniM. R. Alonso & Ibanez, 2000: synonym of Canarivitrina ripkeni (M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2000) (original combination)
• Plutonia ruivensis(A. A. Gould, 1846): synonym of Madeirovitrina ruivensis (A. A. Gould, 1846)
• Plutonia solemiIbáñez & M. R. Alonso, 2001: synonym of Insulivitrina solemi (Ibáñez & M. R. Alonso, 2001) (original combination)
• Plutonia taburientensisGroh & Valido, 2000: synonym of Canarivitrina taburientensis (Groh & Valido, 2000) (original combination)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plutonia Morelet, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996958 on 2022-02-01

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
• Breure, A.S.H. & Ablett, J.D. (2021). Morelet's contributions to malacology: additions and corrections. Basteria. 85(2): 157–161. Published 6 December 2021.