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Pachystyla

Pachystyla is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.[1]

Pachystyla
Shell of Pachystyla bicolor (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Pachystyla
Moerch, 1852 [1]
Synonyms

Pachystyla (Caelatura)· accepted, alternate representation

Distribution

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These terrestrial species occur in Mauritius.

Species

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Species within the genus Pachystyla include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pachystyla inversicolor (Férussac, 1822): synonym of Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pachystyla leucostyla (L. Pfeiffer, 1855): synonym of Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pachystyla scalpta E. von Martens, 1878: synonym of Dancea semifusca (Deshayes, 1832) (junior synonym)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pachystyla Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996402 on 2021-11-24
  2. ^ Florens, F. B. V. and C. Baider. (2007). Relocation of Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852), a Mauritian endemic landsnail believed extinct. J. Mollus. Stud. 73(2) 205-206.
  • Morelet, A., 1851. Testacea Africae insularis a Cl. Vesco collecta et ab Morelet descripta. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2)3: 218-221
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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