''Moellendorffia'' is a
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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genus of the family
Camaenidae
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.
Members of this genus appear only in
East Asia
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, spanning north from
Japan
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,
mainland China
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,
Hong Kong
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,
Vietnam
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and
Indonesia
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.
Species
Documented species belonging to ''Moellendorffia'' are listed below:
* ''
Moellendorffia blaisei''
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905
* ''
Moellendorffia dengi''
H.-F. Yang, Z.-Y. Fan, D.-D. Qiao & J. He, 2012
* ''
Moellendorffia depressispira''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)
*''
Moellendorffia diminuta''
* ''
Moellendorffia eastlakeana''
(Möllendorff, 1882)
* ''
Moellendorffia hensaniensis''
(Gredler, 1885)
* ''
Moellendorffia loxotata''
(Mabille, 1887)
* ''
Moellendorffia messageri''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899)
*''
Moellendorffia sculptilis''
(Moellendorff, 1884)
* ''
Moellendorffia spurca''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899)
*''
Moellendorffia tokunoensis''
*''
Moellendorffia trisinuata''
(Martens, 1867)
**''
Moellendorffia trisinuata sculptilis''
(Moellendorff, 1881)
**''
Moellendorffia trisinuata trisinuata''
(Moellendorff, 1867)
;Taxon inquirendum:
* † ''Moellendorffia polygyrella''
Yü, 1982
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Moellendorffia callitrichia''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899): synonym of ''Moellendorffia eastlakeana''
(Möllendorff, 1882) (junior synonym)
* ''Moellendorffia erdmanni''
(Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1894): synonym of ''
Moellendorffiella erdmanni''
(Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1894) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Moellendorffia eucharistus''
(Pilsbry, 1905): synonym of ''Trichelix eucharistus''
(Pilsbry, 1901): synonym of ''
Trichelix eucharista''
(Pilsbry, 1901)
* ''Moellendorffia faberiana''
(Möllendorff, 1888): synonym of ''
Moellendorffiella faberiana''
(Möllendorff, 1888) (superseded combination)
* ''Moellendorffia hiraseana''
Pilsbry, 1905:
synonym of ''
Trichelix hiraseana''
(Pilsbry, 1905) (original combination)
* ''Moellendorffia horrida''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863): synonym of ''
Trichelix horrida''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (unaccepted combination)
References
External links
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