Urocyclus

Urocyclus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura ; clade Panpulmonata ; clade Eupulmonata ; clade Stylommatophora ; clade Sigmurethra ; clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Helicarionoidea
Family:	Urocyclidae
Subfamily:	Urocyclinae
Tribe:	Urocyclini
Genus:	Urocyclus; Gray, 1864

Last updated October 30, 2025

Urocyclus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae.

Urocyclus is the type genus of the family Urocyclidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Urocyclus include:

Urocyclus acuminatus Poirier, 1887^[3]
Urocyclus auratus Dupouy, 1966^[3]
Urocyclus comorensis Fischer, 1882^[3]
Urocyclus grillensis Simroth, 1910^[3]
Urocyclus kirkii Gray, 1864^[2]
Urocyclus longicauda Fischer, 1882^[3]
Urocyclus madagascariensis Poirier, 1887^[3]
Urocyclus morotzensis Simroth, 1910^[3]
Urocyclus pinguis Robson, 1914^[3]
Urocyclus riparius Simroth, 1910^[3]
Urocyclus vittatus Fischer, 1882^[3]

Subgenera:

Urocyclina Dupouy, 1966^[3]
Kirkia Pollonera, 1909^[4]^[3]
Urocyclus Gray, 1864

References

1 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.
1 2 Gray J. E. (1864). "On Urocyclus, a new genus of terrestrial gasteropodous Mollusca from Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 250-251.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (in French) Dupouy J. (1966). "Urocyclinae de Madagascar (suite). Une espece nouvelle: Urocyclus auratus. Taxonomie du genre Urocyclus s.s. et revision". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle , Paris, 37: 819-832. PDF.
↑ Pollonera C. (1909) "Molluschi : Stylommatophora. Spedizione al Ruwenzori di S.A.R. il principe L. Amadeo di Savoia". Zool. Botan. 1: 181-205, plates 1-5. page 192.

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[Bouchet_2005-1] 1 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.

[Gray_1864-2] 1 2 Gray J. E. (1864). "On Urocyclus, a new genus of terrestrial gasteropodous Mollusca from Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 250-251.

[Dupouy_1966-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (in French) Dupouy J. (1966). "Urocyclinae de Madagascar (suite). Une espece nouvelle: Urocyclus auratus. Taxonomie du genre Urocyclus s.s. et revision". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle , Paris, 37: 819-832. PDF.

[4] Pollonera C. (1909) "Molluschi : Stylommatophora. Spedizione al Ruwenzori di S.A.R. il principe L. Amadeo di Savoia". Zool. Botan. 1: 181-205, plates 1-5. page 192.

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