Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.[2]

Leiostracus
Leiostracus vittatus from Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Simpulopsidae
Genus: Leiostracus
Albers, 1850[1]
Synonyms

Drymaeus (Leiostracus) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)

This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.[3][4][5]

Species

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Species in the genus Leiostracus include:[3][5]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Leiostracus coxeiranus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (junior synonym)
  • Leiostracus kugleri Forcart, 1954: synonym of Bostryx kugleri (Forcart, 1954) (original combination)
  • Leiostracus polygrammus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Drymaeus polygramma (S. Moricand, 1836)
  • Leiostracus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Drymaeus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)

References

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  1. ^ Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin (Enslin). pp. 1–262.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877282 on 2020-05-04
  3. ^ a b Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2014). "A new species of Leiostracus from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicidae)" (PDF). Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 104 (1): 39–42. doi:10.1590/1678-4766201410413942. ISSN 0073-4721.
  4. ^ Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Leiostracus onager and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae)". Journal of Conchology. 41 (4): 511–518. ISSN 0022-0019. OCLC 6988449.
  5. ^ a b Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. ISBN 85-906670-0-6.
  6. ^ Pilsbry, H. A. (1939). "Leiostracus webberi, a new bulimulid snail from Ecuador". The Nautilus. 53 (1): 28–29. ISSN 0028-1344.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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