Leucostigma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[1]

Leucostigma
Shell of Leucostigma candidescens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Clausilioidei
Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Leucostigma
A. J. Wagner, 1919

This taxon occurs off Nîmes, France.

Species

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Subspecies
  • Leucostigma candidescens candidescens (Rossmässler, 1835)
  • Leucostigma candidescens convertitum (Flach, 1907)
  • Leucostigma candidescens dextromira H. Nordsieck, 2011
  • Leucostigma candidescens leucostigma (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Leucostigma candidescens megachilus (Paulucci, 1881)
  • Leucostigma candidescens monticola H. Nordsieck, 2011
  • Leucostigma candidescens opalinum (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Leucostigma candidescens paraconvertitum H. Nordsieck, 2011
  • Leucostigma candidescens samniticum (Rossmässler, 1842)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Leucostigma leucostigma (Rossmässler, 1836): synonym of Leucostigma candidescens leucostigma (Rossmässler, 1836) (superseded combination)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leucostigma A. J. Wagner, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996068 on 6 May 2021

Sources

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  • Rossmässler, E. A. (1835–1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: 16 July 2017
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