Ophicardelus

Ophicardelus
Ophicardelus
Ophicardelus ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Carychiinae
Genus: Ophicardelus
Beck, 1838[1]

Ophicardelus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails or salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.

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Species

Ophicardelus sulcatus

Species within the genus Ophicardelus include:

  • Ophicardelus costellaris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - New Zealand, Australia, synonym: Ophicardelus australis H. H. Beck, 1838[citation needed]
  • Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821)[2] - synonym: Ophicardelus ornata A. de Férussac, 1821 - Australia, (drawing)
  • Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - synonyms: Ophicardelus irregularis Mousson, 1869; Ophicardelus minor Mousson, 1869[3] - Australia
  • Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855[4] - Australia

Synonyms:

  • Ophicardelus layardi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 is a synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)[5]

References

  1. ^ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (2): 108.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527242 on 2011-08-28
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527243 on 2011-08-28
  4. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527244 on 2011-08-28
  5. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527224 on 2011-08-28

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