''Euconulus'' 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 very small 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 ...
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
Euconulidae
Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea.
This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass snail ...
, the hive snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818246 on 2020-11-07]
Species
Species within the genus ''Euconulus'' include:
* ''
Euconulus alderi
''Euconulus alderi'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus alderi (Gray, 1840). Accessed through: ...
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(Gray, 1840)
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Euconulus alveolus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(F. Sandberger, 1887)
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Euconulus chersinus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Say, 1821)
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Euconulus conoides
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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H. B. Baker, 1941
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Euconulus crami
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
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Euconulus dentatus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Sterki, 1893)
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Euconulus deroni
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
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Euconulus fresti
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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Horsáková, Nekola & Horsák, 2020
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Euconulus fulvus
''Euconulus fulvus'' is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell
The 2.0-2.5 x 2.8-3.5 mm shell is ...
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(O. F. Müller, 1774)
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Euconulus gaetanoi
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908)
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Euconulus konaensis
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Sykes, 1896)
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Euconulus lubricella
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Ancey, 1904)
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Euconulus martinezi
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Hidalgo, 1869)
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Euconulus microsoma
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World ...
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(Morelet, 1883)
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Euconulus pittieri
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World ...
'' (Martens, 1892)
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Euconulus polygyratus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Pilsbry, 1899)
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Euconulus styriacus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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Harzhauser, Neubauer & H. Binder, 2014
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Euconulus subtilissimus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(A. Gould, 1847)
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Euconulus thaanumi
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Ancey, 1904)
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Euconulus thurstoni
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Acces ...
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H. B. Baker, 1941
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Euconulus trochiformis
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Acces ...
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(Montagu, 1803)
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Euconulus trochulus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...
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( O. W. H. Reinhardt, 1883)
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Euconulus turbinatus
''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World ...
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Gulick, 1904
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Euconulus alveus''
F. Sandberger, 1887 † : synonym of ''Euconulus alveolus''
(F. Sandberger, 1887) † (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* ''Euconulus callopisticus''
(Bourguignat, 1880) : synonym of ''Euconulus fulvus fulvus''
(O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
* ''Euconulus kaliellaeformis''
(Klebs, 1886) † : synonym of ''
Kaliella kaliellaeformis
''Kaliella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chronidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kaliella W. T. Blanford, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Klebs, 1886) †
* ''Euconulus mcleodensis''
Russell, 1929 † : synonym of ''
Grangerella mcleodensis''
(Russell, 1929) † (new combination)
* ''Euconulus micra''
(Morelet, 1882) : synonym of ''Euconulus crami''
Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994 (junior homonym)
* ''Euconulus praticola''
( O. W. H. Reinhardt, 1883) : synonym of ''Euconulus alderi''
(Gray, 1840) (junior synonym)
* ''Euconulus reinhardti''
Pilsbry, 1900 : synonym of ''
Parasitala reinhardti''
(Pilsbry, 1900) (original combination)
* ''Euconulus trochiformis''
(Montagu, 1803) : synonym of ''Euconulus fulvus fulvus''
(O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
References
* Reinhardt, O. (1883). Einige von Herrn D. W. Kobelt in Schwanheim a. M. zur Begutachtung übersandte, von Herrn Hungerford gesammelte japanische Hyalinen. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1883: 82-86. Berlin.
* Bourguignat, J.-R. (1891). Des formes européennes trocho-hyalinoïdes classées jusqu'à présent sous le nom générique de Conulus. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France, 7: 325-338, pl. 8. Paris
External links
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info discussing the taxonomy of ''Euconulus'
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Euconulidae
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