| Urocyclus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Urocyclidae |
| Subfamily: | Urocyclinae |
| Tribe: | Urocyclini |
| Genus: | Urocyclus Gray, 1864 |
Urocyclus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae.
Urocyclus is the type genus of the family Urocyclidae.
Species
Species within the genus Urocyclus include:
- Urocyclus acuminatus Poirier, 1887
- Urocyclus auratus Dupouy, 1966
- Urocyclus comorensis Fischer, 1882
- Urocyclus grillensis Simroth, 1910
- Urocyclus kirkii Gray, 1864
- Urocyclus longicauda Fischer, 1882
- Urocyclus madagascariensis Poirier, 1887
- Urocyclus morotzensis Simroth, 1910
- Urocyclus pinguis Robson, 1914
- Urocyclus riparius Simroth, 1910
- Urocyclus vittatus Fischer, 1882
Subgenera:
- Urocyclina Dupouy, 1966
- Kirkia Pollonera, 1909
- Urocyclus Gray, 1864
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gray J. E. (1864). "On Urocyclus, a new genus of terrestrial gasteropodous Mollusca from Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 250-251.
- ^ (in French) Dupouy J. (1966). "Urocyclinae de Madagascar (suite). Une espece nouvelle: Urocyclus auratus. Taxonomie du genre Urocyclus s.s. et revision". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 37: 819-832. PDF.
- Pollonera C. (1909) "Molluschi : Stylommatophora. Spedizione al Ruwenzori di S.A.R. il principe L. Amadeo di Savoia". Zool. Botan. 1: 181-205, plates 1-5. page 192.
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