Megalacron
Shell of Megalacron novaegeorgiensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Hadrinae
Genus: Megalacron
I. Rensch, 1934
Type species
Helix novaegeorgiensis Cox, 1870
Synonyms
  • Emiralena Iredale, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • Glomerata I. Rensch, 1934 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Pileolus) Lesson, 1831 (Invalid: junior homonym of Pileolus G.B. Sowerby I, 1823)
  • Lisprelia Iredale, 1941 (objective junior synonym)
  • Lullicola Iredale, 1941
  • Papuina (Glomerata) I. Rensch, 1934 (junior synonym)
  • Papuina (Megalacron) I. Rensch, 1934 (original rank)
  • Papuina (Pinnadena) Iredale, 1941
  • Pinnadena Iredale, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • Solmopina Iredale, 1941 (junior synonym)

Megalacron is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Megalacron include:

  • Megalacron admiralitatis (I. Rensch, 1931)
  • Megalacron alfredi (Cox, 1871)
  • Megalacron ambrosia (Angas, 1868)
  • Megalacron bequaerti Clench & Turner, 1964
  • Megalacron boivini (Petit de la Saussaye, 1841)
  • Megalacron boyerii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
  • Megalacron coniformis (Férussac, 1821)
  • Megalacron coxiana (Angas, 1868)
  • Megalacron densestriata (Fulton, 1902)
  • Megalacron isabellae (Jaeckel & Schlesch, 1952)
  • Megalacron juttingae Clench & Turner, 1964
  • Megalacron klaarwateri (I. Rensch, 1931)
  • Megalacron lambei (Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Megalacron lufensis (Thiele, 1928)
  • Megalacron macfarlanei (Cox, 1873)
  • Megalacron melanesia Clench & Turner, 1964
  • Megalacron migratoria (Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Megalacron novaegeorgiensis (Cox, 1870)
  • Megalacron periwonensis (Dell, 1955)
  • Megalacron phaeostoma (Pfeiffer, 1877)
  • Megalacron sellersi (Cox, 1872)
  • Megalacron spadicea (Fulton, 1902)
  • Megalacron tabarensis (I. Rensch, 1933)
  • Megalacron tizianoi Delsaerdt, 2016
Species brought into synonymy
  • Megalacron huberi Thach, 2017: synonym of Chloritis khammouanensis Inkhavilay & Panha, 2019 (secondary junior homonym of Chloritis huberi Thach, 2016; Chloritis khammouanensis is a replacement name)

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851521 on 2021-02-10
  • Rensch, I. (1934). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels I. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen. 3: 445-488
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.


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