Plectopylis
Plectopylis bensoni shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Plectopyloidea
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Plectopylis
Benson, 1860[1]

Plectopylis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae. [2]

Plectopylis is the type genus of the family Plectopylidae.[3]

Species

Species in the genus Plectopylis include:

  • Plectopylis anguina (Gould, 1847)
  • † Plectopylis antiquus Yü & Pan, 1982
  • Plectopylis cairnsi (Gude, 1898)
  • Plectopylis crassilabris Páll-Gergely, 2018
  • Plectopylis cyclaspis (Benson, 1859) - synonym: Plectopylis revoluta Pfeiffer, 1867
  • Plectopylis feddeni (W. Blanford, 1865)
  • Plectopylis karenorum (W. Blanford, 1865)
  • Plectopylis linterae (Möllendorff, 1897)
  • Plectopylis malayana Páll-Gergely, 2018
  • Plectopylis ponsonbyi (Godwin-Austen, 1888)
  • Plectopylis repercussa (Gould, 1856)
  • Plectopylis thompsoni Páll-Gergely, 2018
Species brought into synonymy
  • Plectopylis bensoni (Gude, 1914): synonym of Plectopylis repercussa (Gould, 1856)
  • Plectopylis goniobathmos (Ehrmann, 1922): synonym of Chersaecia goniobathmos (Ehrmann, 1922) (original combination)
  • Plectopylis leucochilus (Gude, 1897): synonym of Chersaecia leucochila (Gude, 1898) (original combination)
  • Plectopylis lissochlamys (Gude, 1897): synonym of Chersaecia magna (Gude, 1897) (junior synonym)
  • Plectopylis magna (Gude, 1897): synonym of Chersaecia magna (Gude, 1897) (original combination)
  • Plectopylis woodthorpei (Gude, 1899): synonym of Chersaecia woodthorpei (Gude, 1899) (original combination)

References

  1. ↑ Benson W. H. (1860). "Notes on Plectopylis, a group a Helicidae distinguished by several internal plicate ephiphragms; with the characters of a new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)5: 243-247. page 243.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plectopylis Benson, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870861 on 2021-03-09
  3. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017


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