Microcystis (gastropod)

Microcystis is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Microcystinae in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. [1]

Microcystis
Shell of Microcystis castanea (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Euconulidae
Genus: Microcystis
Beck, 1838
Type species
Nanina (Microcystis) ornatella
Beck, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Ariophanta (Microcystis) Beck, 1838
  • Helicopsis Beck, 1837 (non Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833)
  • Helix (Microcystis) Beck, 1838
  • Hyalina (Microcystis) Beck, 1838
  • Macrochlamys (Microcystis) Beck, 1838 (unaccepted rank)
  • Microcystina (Microcystis) Beck, 1838 (unaccepted rank)
  • Microcystis (Cnesticystis) H. B. Baker, 1938· accepted, alternate representation
  • Microcystis (Facorhina) H. B. Baker, 1938· accepted, alternate representation
  • Microcystis (Leurocystis) H. B. Baker, 1938· accepted, alternate representation
  • Microcystis (Microcystis) Beck, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nanina (Microcystis) H. Beck, 1838 (original combination)

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Microcystis Beck, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875149 on 2021-07-21
  • Baker, H. B. (1938). Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands. Part 1. Southern genera of Microcystinae. Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin. 158: 1-102, 20 pls.
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