''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family
Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi- slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribu ...
.
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These snails are restricted to
South India
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and T ...
and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
More than eighty
species
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are recognized according to the
World Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS).
Species
* ''
Euplecta acalles
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Euplecta acuducta
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Benson, 1850)
* ''
Euplecta albizonata
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Dohrn, 1858)
* ''
Euplecta apicata
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Blanford, 1870)
* ''
Euplecta baconi
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Benson, 1850)
* ''
Euplecta binoyaensis''
Godwin-Austen, 1899
* ''
Euplecta cacuminifera
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Benson, 1850)
* ''
Euplecta colletti''
(E.R. Sykes, 1897)
* ''
Euplecta concavospira''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta eastlakeana''
(O.F. von Möllendorff, 1883)
* ''
Euplecta emiliana''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
* ''
Euplecta fluctuosa''
Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta foveolata''
Preston, 1909
* ''
Euplecta gardneri''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Euplecta granulifera''
Blanford, 1901
* ''Euplecta herosae''
Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of ''
Trichochloritis fouresi''
(Morlet, 1886) (junior synonym)
* ''Euplecta huberi''
Thach, 2018: synonym of ''
Ganesella emma''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (junior synonym)
* ''Euplecta hueae''
Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of ''
Ganesella rostrella''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (junior synonym)
* ''
Euplecta hyphasma''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Euplecta imperforata''
Schepman, 1918
* ''
Euplecta indica''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Euplecta isabellina''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta laevis
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
W.T. Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta lankaensis
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
H.B. Preston, 1909
* ''
Euplecta layardi
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1851)
* ''
Euplecta mucosa''
(W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
* ''
Euplecta mucronifera
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta neglecta
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta oribates
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
Blanford, 1901
* ''
Euplecta partita
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Euplecta phidias
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(S.C.T. Hanley & W. Theobald, 1876)
* ''
Euplecta pingoungensis''
Godwin-Austen, 1888
* ''
Euplecta prestoni
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(H.H. Godwin-Austen, 1897)
* ''
Euplecta pulchella
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
Blanford, 1905
* ''
Euplecta rosamonda
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(W.H. Benson, 1860)
* ''
Euplecta schneideriana''
I. Rensch, 1930
* ''
Euplecta scobinoides
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
E.R. Sykes, 1897
* ''
Euplecta semidecussata
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Euplecta subcastor
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Beddome, 1891)
* ''
Euplecta subdecussata
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Euplecta subopaca
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Euplecta travancorica
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Benson, 1865)
* ''
Euplecta trimeni
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(F.P. Jousseaume, 1894)
* ''
Euplecta tripilaris
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Gredler, 1890)
* ''
Euplecta turritella
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(C.B. Adams, 1869)
* ''
Euplecta verrucula
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
However, Worldwide Mollusc Species Database described (WMSD)
* ''
Euplecta adulta
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(A.R.J.B. Bavay, 1908)
* ''
Euplecta aylvaus
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
W.L.H. Dohrn
* ''
Euplecta biserialis
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
Unknown
*''
Euplecta divisa''
(E. Forbes, 1851)
* ''
Euplecta haematina
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(O.F. von Möllendorff)
* ''
Euplecta inclinata
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1864)
* ''
Euplecta juvenis
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(E.A. Smith)
* ''
Euplecta minor''
(C. Hedley, 1891)
* ''
Euplecta rathouisii
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(P.M. Heude, 1880)
* ''
Euplecta rosseliana
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(E.A. Smith, 1889)
* ''
Euplecta woodlarkensis
''Euplecta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(C. Hedley, 1891)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel. [1-80, pls 1-7 (1870); 81-128 (1873); 129-168 (1874); 169-224 (1877); 225-264, pls 19–20, 22–23 (1880); 265–290, pl. 21 (1882); 291-327, pls 24–27 (1885)] (publication dates after Zool. Record)
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Gastropod genera