''Allochroa'' is a genus of
gastropods
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
belonging to the subfamily
Pythiinae of the family
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land, marine, and brackish snails; pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Allochroa Ancey, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527222 on 2024-08-21]
The species of this genus are found in Australia,
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
, Pacific Ocean.
Species:
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Allochroa bronnii''
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Allochroa forestieri'' (taxon inquirendum)
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Allochroa layardi''
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Allochroa nana''
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Allochroa succinea''
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Allochroa tenuis''
;Synonyms:
* ''Allochroa affinis'' : synonym of ''
Pedipes affinis''
A. Férussac, 1821
* ''Allochroa anaaensis''
(Mousson, 1869): synonym of ''Allochroa layardi''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) (junior synonym)
* ''Allochroa conica''
(Pease, 1863: synonym of ''Allochroa layardi''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Allochroa sandwichensis''
Souleyet, 1852): synonym of ''Allochroa bronnii''
R. A. Philippi, 1846 (junior subjective synonym)
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Ellobiidae
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