Plekocheilus
Apertual view of a shell of Plekocheilus euryomphalus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Amphibulimidae
Genus: Plekocheilus
Guilding, 1828[1]
Type species
Carychium undulatum Leach, 1814
Synonyms[2]
  • Antitragus Oberwimmer, 1931 (junior synonym)
  • Auris (Antitragus) Oberwimmer, 1931 (junior synonymy)
  • Auris (Eudolichotis) Pilsbry, 1896
  • Bulimus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus (Plekocheilus) Guilding, 1827 (junior synonym)
  • Caprella Guilding, 1824 (invalid: junior homonym of Caprella Lamarck, 1801; Plekocheilus is a replacement name)
  • Eudolichotis Pilsbry, 1896
  • Eudolichotus [sic]
  • Euritis [sic]
  • Eurytus Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy)
  • Orcesiellus Weyrauch, 1967
  • Pelekocheilus Beck, 1837 (junior synonymy)
  • Plecocheilus Swainson, 1833 (junior synonymy)
  • Plecocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850
  • Plecocheilus (Plecocheilus) Swainson, 1833 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Plecochilus Agassiz, 1846 (unjustifed emendation)
  • Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) Weyrauch, 1967· accepted, alternate representation
  • Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation
  • Plekocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Plekocheilus (Orcesiellus) Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy)
  • Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) Guilding, 1827· accepted, alternate representation
  • Plekocheilus (Sparnotion) Pilsbry, 1944 (junior synonymy)
  • Strophocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy)

Plekocheilus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.[3][2]

Distribution

This genus occurs in South America: Colombia,[4] Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador.

Species

Species within the genus Plekocheilus include:

  • Plekocheilus alticolus (F. Haas, 1955)
  • Plekocheilus ampullaroides (Mousson, 1873)[4]
  • Plekocheilus annetae Breure, 2020
  • Plekocheilus apunni (Dunker, 1875)[4]
  • Plekocheilus argenteus (Jousseaume, 1900)[4]
  • Plekocheilus aristaceus (Crosse, 1869)
  • Plekocheilus aulacostylus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Plekocheilus aureonitens (K. Miller, 1878)
  • Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904)
  • Plekocheilus aurissciuri Guppy, 1866[3]
  • Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780) - photo of radula
  • Plekocheilus bellulus (Jonas, 1844)
  • Plekocheilus bigener Borrero & Breure, 2011[4]
  • Plekocheilus blainvilleanus (Pfeiffer, 1848)[4]
  • Plekocheilus breweri Breure & Schlögl, 2010[5]
  • Plekocheilus bruggeni Breure, 1978[3]
  • Plekocheilus calliostomus (Dohrn, 1882)[4]
  • Plekocheilus camaritagua Borrero & Breure, 2011[4]
  • Plekocheilus cardinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853)[4]
  • Plekocheilus castaneus (Pfeiffer, 1845)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus cathcartiae (Reeve, 1848)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus cecepeus Breure & R. Araujo, 2015
  • Plekocheilus coloratus (Nyst, 1845)[6][4] - synonym: Plekocheilus lamarckianus (Pfeiffer, 1848)[3]
  • Plekocheilus conspicuus Pilsbry, 1932
  • Plekocheilus dalmasi (Dautzenberg, 1900)[6][4]
  • Plekocheilus delicatus (Pilsbry, 1935)[4]
  • Plekocheilus dillwynianus (Pfeiffer, 1853)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus dissimulans (Preston, 1909)[3]
  • Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguière, 1789)[4] - in Brazil and Venezuela[7]
  • Plekocheilus doliarius (da Costa, 1898)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus elaeodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Plekocheilus episcopalis (Pfeiffer, 1855)[3][4]
    • subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis auriformis (Da Costa, 1904)[4] - synonym: Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904)[3]
    • subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus (Sowerby III, 1895)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus eros (Angas, 1878)[3]
  • Plekocheilus euryomphalus (Jonas, 1844) - synonym: Plekocheilus otostomus (Pfeiffer, 1855),[3] - in Venezuela[7]
  • Plekocheilus floccosus (Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827)
  • Plekocheilus fulminans (Nyst, 1843)[6][4]
  • Plekocheilus fusitorsus (Oberwimmer, 1931)
  • Plekocheilus gibber (Oberwimmer, 1931)
  • Plekocheilus gibbonius (Lea, 1838)[4]
  • Plekocheilus glaber (Gmelin, 1791)[4]
  • Plekocheilus glandiformis (Lea, 1838)[4] - synonym: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) couturesi Ancey, 1900[4]
  • Plekocheilus guentheri (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)[4]
  • Plekocheilus hauxwelli (Crosse, 1872)
  • Plekocheilus huberi Breure, 2009
  • Plekocheilus incognitus Borrero & Breure, 2011[4]
  • Plekocheilus jimenezi (Hidalgo, 1872)[4]
  • Plekocheilus jucundus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Plekocheilus labiosus Borrero & Breure, 2011
  • Plekocheilus lacerta (Pfeiffer, 1855)[3]
  • Plekocheilus linterae(G.B. Sowerby III, 1890)[3]
  • Plekocheilus loveni (Pfeiffer, 1848)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus lugubris (Dunker, 1882)
  • Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Hupé, 1850)
  • Plekocheilus midas (Albers, 1852)[4]
  • Plekocheilus mundiperditi F. Haas, 1955
  • Plekocheilus nachiyacu Pilsbry, 1939
  • Plekocheilus nebulosus Breure, 2009
  • Plekocheilus nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939
  • Plekocheilus oligostylus Pilsbry, 1939
  • Plekocheilus onca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Plekocheilus paraguas Borrero & Breure, 2011
  • Plekocheilus pentadinus (d'Orbigny, 1835) - synonym: Helix onca d'Orbigny, 1835[3]
  • Plekocheilus perdix (Pfeiffer, 1848)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus philippei Breure, 2012 in press[8]
  • Plekocheilus piperatoides Pilsbry, 1901
  • Plekocheilus piperitus (G.B.Sowerby I, 1837)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus pirriensis Dall, 1912[4]
  • Plekocheilus plectostylus (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Plekocheilus speciosus (Pfeiffer, 1854)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848)[3][4] - synonyms: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) virgatus (Pilsbry, 1935); Plekocheilus (Eurytus) mabillei (Crosse, 1867)[4]
  • Plekocheilus quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus rhodocheilus (Reeve, 1848)[3]
  • Plekocheilus roseolabrum (E. A. Smith, 1877)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus sanderi Breure, 2020
  • Plekocheilus semperi (Dohrn, 1882)
  • Plekocheilus sinuatus (Albers, 1854)[4]
  • Plekocheilus sophiae Breure, 2009
  • Plekocheilus subglandiformis (Mousson, 1873)[4]
  • Plekocheilus succineoides (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)[4] - synonym: Plekocheilus latilabris (Pfeiffer, 1855)[3][4]
    • subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides cleeforum Breure, 1977[4]
    • subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides zilchi Breure, 1977[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus superstriatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1890)[3]
  • Plekocheilus taquinensis (Pfeiffer, 1855)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus tatei (F. Haas, 1955)
  • Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849)
  • Plekocheilus tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967[4]
  • Plekocheilus tetensii (Dunker, 1875)[4]
  • Plekocheilus tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853)[4]
  • Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849)[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus veranyi (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Bulimus scytodes Pfeiffer, 1853[3][4]
  • Plekocheilus vlceki Breure & Schlögl, 2010[5]

Synonyms

  • Plekocheilus ameghinoi Parodiz, 1962: synonym of Plekocheilus guentheri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (junior synonym)
  • Plekocheilus gracilis Broderip, 1841: synonym of Callistocharis fulguratus (Jay, 1842) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Bulimus gracilis Hutton, 1834)
  • Plekocheilus jacksoni Pilsbry, 1939: synonym of Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Hupé, 1850) (junior synonymy)
  • Plekocheilus manco Pilsbry, 1930: synonym of Plekocheilus veranyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) (junior synonymy)
  • Plekocheilus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963: synonym of Plekocheilus piperitus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963 (original combination)
  • Plekocheilus pseudopiperatus Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Plekocheilus piperitus piperitus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1837) (junior synonym)
  • Plekocheilus undulatus (Leach, 1814): synonym of Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780)

References

  1. ↑ Guilding L. (1827). Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15(2): 512.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plekocheilus Guilding, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870077 on 2022-01-26
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 138: 1-52. doi:10.3897/zookeys.138.1847.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Borrero F. J. & Breure A. S. H. (2011). "The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas". Zootaxa 3054: 1-59. preview.
  5. 1 2 Beaure A. S. H. & Schlögl J. (2010). "Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 2416: 51-60. abstract.
  6. 1 2 3 Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.101.1133.
  7. 1 2 Arias C, Sergio, 1952. Algunos moluscos de la región Baruta - EL Hatilllo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XII(31):47-65
  8. ↑ Breure A. S. H. (in press). "Living in isolation: Plekocheilus (P.) philippei spec. nov. from Venezuelan Guayana (Gastropoda, Amphibulimidae)".
  • Oberwimmer, H. (1931). Beschreibung dreier neuer Bulimuliden aus dem Senckenberg-Museum. Senckenbergiana, 13: 190-194. Frankfurt am Main.
  • Weyrauch, W.K. (1967). Descripciones y notas sobre gastropodos terrestres de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil, y Peru. Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 21: 457-499.

Further reading

  • Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.
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