Massylaea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[1]
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| Shell of Massylaea massylaea (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Otalini |
| Genus: | Massylaea Möllendorff, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Helix massylaea Morelet, 1851 | |
It contains the following species:
- Massylaea massylaea (Morelet, 1851)
- Massylaea punica (Morelet, 1851)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Massylaea bisseyana Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
- Massylaea bournazeliana Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana lechatelieri (Pallary, 1917) (original combination)
- Massylaea constantina (E. Forbes, 1838): synonym of Eobania constantina (E. Forbes, 1838)
- Massylaea derbesi Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
- Massylaea rerayana (Mousson, 1873): synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (superseded generic combination)
- Massylaea severinae Pallary, 1918: synonym of Loxana severinae (Pallary, 1918)
- Massylaea vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Massylaea Möllendorff, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996439 on 2021-02-14
- Morelet, A., 1851. Appendice à la Conchyliologie de l'Algérie; descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 2: 351-361
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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