Alycaeidae is a

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of small to large

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land snails with an operculum,

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the superfamily

Cyclophoroidea Cyclophoroidea is a superfamily of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropods within the order Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the subclass Caenogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Cyclophoroidea Gray, 1847. ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alycaeidae W. T. Blanford, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833806 on 2021-04-24

Genera

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Alycaeus ''Alycaeus'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Alycaeus Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Gray, 1850 * ''

Boucardicus ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae .MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965 * ''

Chamalycaeus ''Chamalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chamalycaeus Möllendorff, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897 * '' Cycloryx'' Godwin-Austen, 1914 * ''

Dicharax ''Dicharax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 * ''

Dioryx ''Dioryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Alycaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Dioryx Benson, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id ...

'' Benson, 1859 * '' Laotia'' Saurin, 1953 * '' Messageria'' Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1904 * ''

Metalycaeus ''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae Alycaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastrop ...

'' Pilsbry, 1900 * ''

Pincerna ''Pincerna'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Alycaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pincerna Preston, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...

'' Preston, 1907 * '' Stomacosmethis'' Bollinger, 1918 ;Synonyms: * ''Alcaeus'' Gray, 1850: synonym of ''Alycaeus'' Gray, 1850 (incorrect subsequent spelling) * ''Awalycaeus'' Kuroda, 1951: synonym of ''Dicharax'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 (junior synonym) * ''Cipangocharax'' Kuroda, 1943: synonym of ''

'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 (junior synonym)

References

External links

Blanford, W. T. (1864). On the classification of the Cyclostomacea of eastern Asia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 13(78): 441-465

Páll-Gergely, B., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Meng, K., Asami, T. & Ablett, J.D. (2020). Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalog. ZooKeys. 981: 1–220
Alycaeidae Gastropod families {{Caenogastropoda-stub