''Plectopylis'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Plectopylidae
Plectopylidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of large air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plectopyloidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. P ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plectopylis Benson, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870861 on 2021-03-09]
''Plectopylis'' is the type genus of the family Plectopylidae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Plectopylis'' include:
* ''
Plectopylis anguina''
(Gould, 1847)
* † ''
Plectopylis antiquus''
Yü & Pan, 1982
* ''
Plectopylis cairnsi''
(Gude, 1898)
* ''
Plectopylis crassilabris
''Plectopylis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae
Plectopylidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of large air-breathing land snails, terrest ...
''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
* ''
Plectopylis cyclaspis''
(Benson, 1859) - synonym: ''Plectopylis revoluta'' Pfeiffer, 1867
* ''
Plectopylis feddeni''
(W. Blanford, 1865)
* ''
Plectopylis karenorum''
(W. Blanford, 1865)
* ''
Plectopylis linterae''
(Möllendorff, 1897)
* ''
Plectopylis malayana''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
* ''
Plectopylis ponsonbyi''
(Godwin-Austen, 1888)
* ''
Plectopylis repercussa''
(Gould, 1856)
* ''
Plectopylis thompsoni''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Plectopylis bensoni''
(Gude, 1914): synonym of ''
Plectopylis repercussa''
(Gould, 1856)
* ''Plectopylis goniobathmos''
(Ehrmann, 1922): synonym of ''
Chersaecia goniobathmos''
(Ehrmann, 1922) (original combination)
* ''Plectopylis leucochilus''
(Gude, 1897): synonym of ''
Chersaecia leucochila
''Chersaecia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chersaecia Gude, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ht ...
''
(Gude, 1898) (original combination)
* ''Plectopylis lissochlamys''
(Gude, 1897): synonym of ''
Chersaecia magna''
(Gude, 1897) (junior synonym)
* ''Plectopylis magna''
(Gude, 1897): synonym of ''
Chersaecia magna''
(Gude, 1897) (original combination)
* ''Plectopylis woodthorpei''
(Gude, 1899): synonym of ''
Chersaecia woodthorpei''
(Gude, 1899) (original combination)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
Benson, W. H. (1860). Notes on Plectopylis, a group of Helicidae distinguished by several internal plicate epiphragms; with the characters of a new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3. 5(28): 243-247
Plectopylidae
Taxa named by William Henry Benson
Gastropod genera
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