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Genus of gastropods

Solaropsis
Shell of Solaropsis pellisboae (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Sagdoidea
Family: Solaropsidae
Genus: Solaropsis
Beck, 1837
Type species
Helix pellisserpentis Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Helix (Ophiospila) Ancey, 1887
  • Helix (Psadara) K. Miller, 1878 (original rank)
  • Helix (Solaropsis) Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Olympus Simone, 2010
  • Ophiodermis Agassiz, 1846
  • Ophiospila Ancey, 1887
  • Psadara K. Miller, 1878
  • Solarium Lamarck, 1799
  • Solaropsis (Eupsadara) Pilsbry, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Heliopsis) Pilsbry, 1933· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Psadara) K. Miller, 1878· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Psadariella) Weyrauch, 1956· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Solaropsis) H. Beck, 1837· accepted, alternate representation

Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.

Distribution

Distribution of Solaropsis include:

Central America:

  • Costa Rica

South America:

Species

Species within the genus Solaropsis include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Solaropsis catenulata (Ancey, 1890): synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • * Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer: synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
  • Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897: synonym of Solaropsis heliaca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz: synonym of Solaropsis undata (, 1786)

Ecology

Solaropsis lives in rain forests.

Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.

References

  1. Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 27.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870601 on 2021-02-07
  4. ^ Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
  5. ^ Oliveira L. E. (2010). "Carnivory in Solaropsis aff. fairchildi (Gastropoda, Solaropsidae)". Strombus 17(2): 12-13. abstract.
  6. Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Alcobaça (Bahia, Brazil), with description of a new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. Neue Serie 8: 1–7.
  7. ^ (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1840-1843.
  • Pilsbry, H. A. (1926). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 78: 57–126, plates 9–10.
  • Pilsbry, H. A. (1933). Zoological results of the Matto Grosso expedition to Brazil in 1931,-II. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 67-76 + 1 plate.
  • Weyrauch, W.K. (1956). Neue Landschnecken aus Peru. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 85 (4/6): 145–164, pl. 11. Frankfurt am Main.
  • Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31–46.
  • Simone, L. R. L. (2010). A new genus and species of camaenid from the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil (Pulmonata, Helicoidea). Journal of Conchology. 40(2): 149-161

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