Allopeas

Allopeas
Allopeas gracile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Subulininae
Genus: Allopeas
H. B. Baker, 1935[1]
Type species
Bulimus gracilis T. Hutton, 1834
Synonyms[2]
  • Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882[3]
  • Lamellaxis (Allopeas) H. B. Baker, 1935(original combination)

Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]

Species

The genus Allopeas includes the following species:

Synonyms
  • Allopeas gracilis [sic]: synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Allopeas javanicum (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Paropeas achatinaceum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Allopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863): synonym of Eutomopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863) (unaccepted combination)
  • Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852) - Mauritian awlsnail:[9] synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Allopeas oparanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834)
  • Allopeas pyrgiscus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Allopeas pyrgula (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891): synonym of Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891 (superseded combination)

References

  1. ^ Baker H. B. (1935). "Jamaican land snails, 3." Nautilus 48(3): 84.
  2. ^ a b Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ Strebel, H., & Pfeffer G.J. (1882). Beitr. Mexik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 109.
  4. ^ "Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez and Michaud, 1838)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
  6. ^ Naggs F. (1992). "Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906 and Allopeas Baker, 1935 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation by the designation of a neotype for Achatina erecta Benson, 1842". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 258-260.
  7. ^ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Witte V.; Janssen R.; Eppenstein A.; Maschwitz U. (2002). "Allopeas myrmekophilos (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), the first myrmecophilous mollusc living in colonies of the ponerine army ant Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae, Ponerinae)". Insectes Sociaux. 49 (4): 301–305. doi:10.1007/PL00012646.
  9. ^ "Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
  • Baker, H.B. (1935). "Jamaican land snails, 3". The Nautilus. 48 (3): 84.
  • Bank, R.A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  • Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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