Plegma is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.
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| A live juvenile of Plegma caelatura | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Genus: | Plegma |
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Ariocaelatura Germain, 1921[2] Coelatura L. Pfeiffer, 1877[3] | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Plegma include:
- Plegma caelatura (Férussac, 1821)[4]
- Plegma duponti (Morelet, 1866)[4]
References
edit- ^ Gude G. P. L. K. (1911). "FURTHER NOTE ON PREOCCUPIED MOLLUSCAN GENERIC NAMES AND A PROPOSED NEW GENUS OF THE FAMILY HELICIDÆ ". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9(6): 361–362, page 361. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a066367.
- ^ Germain (1921). Faune Malac. Terr. Fluv. Mascareignes, page 461.
- ^ Pfeiffer L. (1877). Malakozoologische Blätter 24: page 8.
- ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Plegma Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996405 on 2018-09-14