Tropidophora

Tropidophora
Shell of the species Tropidophora perinetensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Pomatiidae
Subfamily: Pomatiinae
Genus: Tropidophora
Troschel, 1847
Type species
Cyclostoma cuvieriana Petit de la Saussaye, 1841
Diversity[1]
95 specific names, unknown number of true biological species
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma (Ligatella) E. von Martens, 1880
  • Cyclostoma (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847
  • Cyclostomus (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847
  • Ligatella E. von Martens, 1880
  • Tropidophora (Eutropidophora) Möllendorff, 1898· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tropidophora (Ligatella) E. von Martens, 1880
  • Tropidophora (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tropidophora (Virgotropidophora) Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965· accepted, alternate representation

Tropidophora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.[2][3]

Distribution

These large, split-sole snails are found in Tanzania,[2] Madagascar, the Mascarenes, the Comoros and South Africa.

95-99% of Tropidophora species are endemic to Madagascar.[4]

Species

The present classification of this genus into three subgenera, 95 species and 142 varieties is complex and confused. This classification is best ignored temporarily, as it is based on subtle morphological varieties among small samples. It is also assumed that many smaller species remain to be discovered.[1]

The following species are recognised in the genus Tropidophora:[5]

Synonyms

  • Tropidophora anaglypta (Morelet, 1886): synonym of Otopoma anaglyptum Morelet, 1886
  • Tropidophora boivini (L. Pfeiffer, 1857): synonym of Tropidophora tricarinata var. boivini (L. Pfeiffer, 1856): synonym of Tropidophora tricarinata (O. F. Müller, 1774)(unaccepted rank)
  • Tropidophora cambieri(Bourguignat, 1889): synonym of Tropidophora letourneuxi (Bourguignat, 1887) (junior synonym)
  • Tropidophora hanningtoni(G. B. Sowerby III, 1890): synonym of Tropidophora calcarea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) (junior synonym)
  • Tropidophora huberi (Thach, 2018): synonym of Leptopoma huberi (Thach, 2018) (original combination)
  • Tropidophora madagascariensis (J. E. Gray, 1833) : synonym of Tropidophora tricarinata var. madagascariensis (J. E. Gray, 1833): synonym of Tropidophora tricarinata ((O. F. Müller, 1774))
  • † Tropidophora miocenicum (Verdcourt, 1963): synonym of † Tropidophora miocenica (Verdcourt, 1963) (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • † Tropidophora praecursor (Neubert & Van Damme, 2012): synonym of † Omanitopsis praecursor (Neubert & Van Damme, 2012)
  • Tropidophora semilirata Fischer-Piette, F. Blanc & Salvat, 1969: synonym of Tropidophora liratoides Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1993 ( junior homonym, junior secondary homonym)
  • Tropidophora socotrana Godwin-Austen, 1881: synonym of Cinnabarica socotrana (Godwin-Austen, 1881) (original combination)
  • Tropidophora stumpfi O. Boettger, 1889: synonym of Tropidophora fuscula (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)

References

  1. ^ a b Emberton K. C. (January 2008). "Cryptic, genetically extremely divergent, polytypic, convergent, and polymorphic taxa in Madagascan Tropidophora (Gastropoda: Pomatiasidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 55 (3): 183–208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1995.tb01059.x. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
  2. ^ a b Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island". ZooKeys 70: 1-39. doi:10.3897/zookeys.70.762.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tropidophora Troschel, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995130 on 2020-09-30
  4. ^ A GUIDE TO THE LAND SNAILS OF RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK, MADAGASCAR, last change 2 November 2007, accessed 29 June 2009 Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tropidophora Troschel, 1847". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  6. ^ Bouchet, P.; von Cosel, R. (1996). "Tropidophora semilineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22343A9370592. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22343A9370592.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Bedoucha, J. (1965). Mollusques terrestres operculés de Madagascar. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 33: 50-91. Paris
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