Ophicardelus is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails or salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.

Ophicardelus
Two shells of Ophicardelus ornatus
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Ophicardelus

Beck, 1838[1]

Species

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Ophicardelus sulcatus

Species within the genus Ophicardelus include:

Synonyms:

  • Ophicardelus layardi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 is a synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)[5]

References

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  1. ^ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (2): 108.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527242 on 2011-08-28
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527243 on 2011-08-28
  4. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527244 on 2011-08-28
  5. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527224 on 2011-08-28

Further reading

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1