Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Sagdoidea |
| Family: | Solaropsidae |
| Genus: | Solaropsis Beck, 1837[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix pellisserpentis Gmelin, 1791 | |
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Distribution
editDistribution of Solaropsis include:
Central America:
South America:
Species
editSpecies within the genus Solaropsis include:
- Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015[6]
- Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)[7]
- Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer[8]
- Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)[7]
- Solaropsis angulifera F. Haas, 1955
- Solaropsis anomala Pilsbry, 1957
- Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900[7]
- Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)[8][7]
- Solaropsis caperata F. S. Silva, Mendes-Júnior & Simone, 2022
- Solaropsis castelnaudii (Hupé & Deville, 1850)
- Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
- Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)[8][7]
- Solaropsis chicomendesi Cuezzo & I. Fernández, 2001
- Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837[7]
- Solaropsis cousini Jousseaume, 1887
- Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)[7]
- Solaropsis diplogonia (Dohrn, 1882)
- Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882[7]
- Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938[5][7]
- Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)[7]
- Solaropsis gibboni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)[7]
- Solaropsis incarum (Philippi, 1869)
- Solaropsis inornata Haas, 1951
- Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933[7]
- Solaropsis juruana (Ihering, 1905)
- Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)[7]
- Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer[8]
- Solaropsis monile (Broderip, 1832)
- Solaropsis monolacca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Solaropsis nimbus (Simone, 2010)
- Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
- Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch, 1956[8]
- Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)[7]
- Solaropsis pellisboae (Hupé, 1853)
- Solaropsis penthesileae Salvador, 2021
- Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900 [7]
- Solaropsis pizarro (Pilsbry, 1944)
- Solaropsis planior (Pilsbry, 1889)
- Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
- Solaropsis punctata (Wagner, 1827)
- Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)[7]
- Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882[7]
- Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
- Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)[7]
- Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879)[4]
- Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934[7]
- Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)[8][7]
- Solaropsis undata F. Haas, 1966 (homonymy: a secondary junior homonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786). There is no recognized synonym or substitute name available, and a replacement name may be necessary if the species is confirmed to be valid).
- Solaropsis venezuelensis Preston, 1909
- Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)[7]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Solaropsis catenulata (Ancey, 1890): synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- * Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer:[8] synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
- Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897: synonym of Solaropsis heliaca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz:[8] synonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Ecology
editSolaropsis lives in rain forests.[5]
Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.[5]
References
edit- ^ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 27.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870601 on 2021-02-07
- ^ a b Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Oliveira L. E. (2010). "Carnivory in Solaropsis aff. fairchildi (Gastropoda, Solaropsidae)". Strombus 17(2): 12-13. abstract.
- ^ Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Alcobaça (Bahia, Brazil), with description of a new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. Neue Serie 8: 1–7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1840-1843.
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1926). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 78: 57–126, plates 9–10.
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1933). Zoological results of the Matto Grosso expedition to Brazil in 1931,-II. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 67-76 + 1 plate.
- Weyrauch, W.K. (1956). Neue Landschnecken aus Peru. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 85 (4/6): 145–164, pl. 11. Frankfurt am Main.
- Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31–46.
- Simone, L. R. L. (2010). A new genus and species of camaenid from the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil (Pulmonata, Helicoidea). Journal of Conchology. 40(2): 149-161
External links
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- Beck, H. (1837-1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae
- Wagner, J. A. (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (1817-1820) jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29.
- Miller, K. (1878). Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. Malakozoologische Blätter. 25: 153-199
- Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065.