''Auriculastra'' 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,
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 ...
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
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
, the
salt marsh
A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is domin ...
snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574835 on 2020-06-02]
Species
Species in the genus ''Auriculastra'' include:
* ''
Auriculastra acuta
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
Connolly, 1922
* ''
Auriculastra aquensis
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
''
(Tournouër, 1872) †
* ''
Auriculastra badeniensis
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
Kókay, 2006 †
* ''
Auriculastra biplicata''
(Grateloup, 1828) †
* ''
Auriculastra brachyspira
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
''
(Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Auriculastra dumasi
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Cossmann, 1895) †
* ''
Auriculastra duplicata
''Auriculastra duplicata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan in Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikok ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra gassiesi
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Morelet, 1882)
* ''
Auriculastra hyalina
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Morelet, 1883)
* ''
Auriculastra incrassata
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra oparica
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra ovata
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Briart & Cornet, 1887) †
* ''
Auriculastra radiolata
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Auriculastra saccata
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Auriculastra semiplicata
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Auriculastra siamensis
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Brandt, 1974)
* ''
Auriculastra subula
''Auriculastra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: Wo ...
''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Auriculastra catonis''
(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899): synonym of ''Auriculastra radiolata''
(Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
* ''Auriculastra nana''
Haas, 1950: synonym of ''
Microtralia ovulum
''Microtralia ovulum'' is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.
Shell description
The gastropod shell, shell is minute, smooth, yellow ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1840)
* ''Auriculastra nevillei''
(Morelet, 1882): synonym of ''Auriculastra radiolata''
(Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
References
Nomenclator Zoologicus info* Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp.
* Kókay, J. (2006). Nonmarine mollusc fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene, Bakony Mts., W Hungary. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica. 56, 1-196.
External links
Martens E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 In K. Moebius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: GutmannQuadras, J. F.; Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1895). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex insulis Philippinis. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 27: 73–88, 105–121, 137–149
Ellobiidae
Gastropod genera
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