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Genus of gastropods

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
Type species
Bulimus gracilis T. Hutton, 1834
Synonyms
  • Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882
  • 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.

Species

The genus Allopeas includes the following species:

Synonyms
  • Allopeas gracilis : 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: 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  • Allopeas pyrgula (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891): synonym of Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891 (superseded combination)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. ^ 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)
Taxon identifiers
Allopeas


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