Allenoconcha is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of air-breathing
land snails or
semi-slug
Semi-slugs, also spelled semislugs, are land gastropods whose shells are too small for them to retract into, but not quite vestigial. The shell of some semi-slugs may not be easily visible on casual inspection, because the shell may be cover ...
s,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Microcystidae
''Microcystidae'' is a family of land snails in the order Stylommatophora.
Species
As of 2024, there were 35 genera recognized within the family.
* Genus '' Advena'' Gude, 1913
* Genus '' Greenwoodoconcha'' Preston, 1913
;Subfamily Liardetiina ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818108 on 2024-09-21]
Species
* ''
Allenoconcha basispiralis''
Preston, 1913
* ''
Allenoconcha belli''
Preston, 1913
* ''
Allenoconcha caloraphe
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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Preston, 1913
* ''
Allenoconcha evansorum
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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Hyman & Köhler, 2023
* ''
Allenoconcha margaretae
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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Hyman & Köhler, 2023
* ''
Allenoconcha patescens
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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(J. C. Cox, 1870)
* ''
Allenoconcha perdepressa
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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Preston, 1913
* ''
Allenoconcha platysoma
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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(Sykes, 1900)
* ''
Allenoconcha quintalae
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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(J. C. Cox, 1870)
* ''
Allenoconcha retinaculum
''Allenoconcha retinaculum'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Microcystidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha retinaculum (Preston, 1913). A ...
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(Preston, 1913)
* ''
Allenoconcha royana
Allenoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allenoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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Preston, 1913
* ''
Allenoconcha varmani''
Hyman & Köhler, 2023
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Allenoconcha belli''
Preston, 1913: synonym of ''Allenoconcha basispirali''s
Preston, 1913 (junior synonym)
* ''Allenoconcha congener''
Preston, 1913: synonym of ''Allenoconcha basispiralis''
Preston, 1913 (junior synonym)
* ''Allenoconcha mathewsi''
Preston, 1913: synonym of ''Allenoconcha basispiralis''
Preston, 1913 (junior synonym)
* ''Allenoconcha monspittensis''
Preston, 1913: synonym of ''Allenoconcha basispiralis''
Preston, 1913 (junior synonym)
* ''Allenoconcha royana''
Preston, 1913: synonym of ''Allenoconcha basispiralis''
Preston, 1913 (junior synonym)
References
External links
Preston, H. B. (1913). Characters of new genera and species of terrestrial Mollusca from Norfolk Island. The Annals and magazine of natural history; including zoology, botany, and geology. Eighth series. 12 (72): 522-538. London*
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Microcystidae
Gastropod genera