Tortulosa

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Tortulosa
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Shell of Tortulosa tortuosa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Pupinidae
Genus: Tortulosa
Gray, 1847
Type species
Pupa tortuosaGray, 1825
Synonyms [1]
  • CataulusL. Pfeiffer, 1851
  • PerlisiaTomlin, 1948
  • Tortulosa (Eucataulus)Kobelt, 1902
  • Tortulosa (Tortulosa)Gray, 1847

Tortulosa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pupinidae. [2] [1]

Contents

These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. [3]

34 species are recognized. [4] [5] [6]

Species

Synonyms

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Cyclophoroidea is a superfamily of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropods within the informal group Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pupinidae</span> Family of gastropods

Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.

<i>Ariophanta</i> Genus of gastropods

Ariophanta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family Ariophantidae.

<i>Cyclophorus</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Cyclophorus is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.

<i>Rhachistia</i> Genus of gastropods

Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.

<i>Leptopoma</i> Genus of gastropods

Leptopoma is a genus of land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.

<i>Indoartemon</i> Genus of gastropods

Indoartemon is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.

<i>Pollicaria</i> Genus of gastropods

Pollicaria, commonly known as the elephant pupinid snails, is a genus of land snails with a gill and an operculum. They are in the family Pupinidae, superfamily Cyclophoroidea.

<i>Cyclotus</i> Genus of gastropods

Cyclotus is a genus of tropical land snails in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.

<i>Euplecta</i> Genus of gastropods

Euplecta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.

<i>Rhiostoma</i> Genus of gastropods

Rhiostoma is a genus of operculate land snails in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae, native to parts of Asia.

<i>Ganesella</i> Genus of gastropods

Ganesella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Camaeninae of the family Camaenidae.

<i>Pterocyclos</i> Genus of gastropods

Pterocyclos is a genus of tropical land snails in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.

<i>Coptocheilus</i> Genus of gastropods

Coptocheilus is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pupinellinae of the family Pupinidae.

<i>Scabrina</i> Genus of gastropods

Scabrina is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.

<i>Pleuropoma</i> Genus of gastropods

Pleuropoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum. It is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicininae of the family Helicinidae.

<i>Raphaulus</i> Genus of land snails

Raphaulus is a genus of land snails in the family Pupinidae.

Spiraculum is a genus of operculate land snails in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae, native to parts of Asia.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tortulosa Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990894 on 2022-10-06
  2. "Tortulosa Gray, 1847". itis. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation. ISBN   9789558177518 . Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. "Taxon details - Tortulosa Gray, 1847 9". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. "Family: PUPINIDAE". WMSD. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. "Shell Encyclopedia". conchology. Retrieved 25 February 2019.