Sheldonia

Sheldonia
Montane tail-wagger snail, Sheldonia fuscicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Urocyclidae
Genus:	Sheldonia Ancey, 1887 [1]
Synonyms
PeltatusGodwin-Austen, 1908

Sheldonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae. Sheldonia is the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae. ^[2]

Distribution

The distribution of this genus includes South Africa. ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Sheldonia include:

• Sheldonia aloicola (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
• Sheldonia asthenes (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907)
• Sheldonia caledonensis (Godwin-Austen, 1912)
• Sheldonia capsula (W. H. Benson, 1864)
• Sheldonia cotyledonis (W. H. Benson, 1850)
• Sheldonia crawfordi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
• Sheldonia fingolandensis D. G. Herbert, 2017
• Sheldonia hudsoniae (W. H. Benson, 1864)
• Sheldonia monsmaripi D. G. Herbert, 2016
• Sheldonia natalensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Sheldonia phytostylus (W. H. Benson, 1864)
• Sheldonia trotteriana (W. H. Benson, 1848)
• Sheldonia wolkbergensis D. G. Herbert, 2016

Synonyms

• Sheldonia fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) ^[3] : synonym of Microkerkus fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
• Sheldonia puzeyi Connolly, 1939 ^[4] : synonym of Kerkophorus puzeyi (Connolly, 1939) (original combination)
• Sheldonia poeppigii L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Kerkophorus poeppigii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

References

1. Ancey C. M. F. (1887). The Conchologists’ Exchange 1: 53.
2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
3. Adrian J. Armstrong A. J. & Brand J. F. (2012). "Invertebrates on isolated peaks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science54(1): 10 pp. doi : 10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1082
4. Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Sheldonia puzeyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T44709A10937991. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44709A10937991.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.