Caracolus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.[3]
| Caracolus | |
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| Caracolus caracolla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Sagdoidea |
| Family: | Solaropsidae |
| Genus: | Caracolus Montfort, 1810[1] |
| Type species | |
| Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Caracolus include:
- Caracolus albilabris Lamarck, 1816[2]
- † Caracolus aquilonaris Bishop, 1979
- Caracolus bicolor Lamarck, 1816
- Caracolus bizonalis (Deshayes, 1850)
- Caracolus caracolla Oken[2][4]
- Caracolus carinatus (Röding, 1798)
- Caracolus carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
- Caracolus cimarron Espinosa, Fernández-Velázquez & Ortea, 2016
- Caracolus marginella (Gmelin, 1791)[2]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810: synonym of Caracolus carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
edit- ^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 138.
- ^ a b c d e Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1826.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caracolus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932622 on 2020-07-27
- ^ "Tree snail". El Yunque National Forest. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
External links
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- Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16
- Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983 page(s): 120
- MNHN, Paris: Caracolus carinatus (Röding, 1798)
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