''Ryssota'' is a
genus of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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 esti ...
s in the family
Chronidae
Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chronidae Thiele, 1931. Accessed through: ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ryssota Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995537 on 28 February 2021]
Species
Species within the genus ''Ryssota'' include:
* ''
Ryssota antoni''
(Semper, 1870)
* ''
Ryssota dvitija''
(O. Semper, 1866)
* ''
Ryssota gervaisii''
(Dubrueil, 1867)
* ''
Ryssota mororum
''Ryssota'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Chronidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ryssota Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://m ...
''
Pilsbry, 1924
* ''
Ryssota mulleri''
(Pfeiffer,1854)
* ''
Ryssota otaheitana''
(Férussac, 1820)
* ''
Ryssota sagittifera''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
* ''
Ryssota sauli''
Bartsch, 1938
* ''
Ryssota uranus''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
* ''
Ryssota webbi''
Bartsch, 1938
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''
Ryssota balerana''
(Bartsch, 1939): synonym of ''
Lamarckiella balerana''
(Bartsch, 1939) (original combination)
* ''
Ryssota lamarckiana''
(Lea, 1853): synonym of ''Lamarckiella stolephora lamarckiana''
(I. Lea, 1840) (
superseded combination
In taxonomy a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species. This happens when a species is moved to a new genus after the initial species description. The original name is called a ...
)
* ''
Ryssota maxima''
(Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of ''
Pararyssota maxima''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854) (superseded combination)
* ''
Ryssota ovum''
(Valenciennes, 1827): synonym of ''Ryssota otaheitana ovum''
(Valenciennes, 1827)
* ''
Ryssota oweniana
''Ryssota'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Chronidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ryssota Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://m ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of ''
Lamarckiella oweniana''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854) (superseded combination)
* ''Ryssota pachystoma''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of ''
Trukrhysa pachystoma''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) (superseded combination)
* ''
Ryssota porphyria
''Ryssota'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Chronidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ryssota Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://m ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1854): synonym of ''
Lamarckiella porphyria''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (superseded combination)
* ''
Ryssota quadrasi
''Ryssota'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Chronidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ryssota Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
''
(Hidalgo, 1890): synonym of ''
Pararyssota quadrasi''
(Hidalgo, 1887) (superseded combination)
* ''
Ryssota rhea''
(Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of ''Ryssota otaheitana rhea''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Ryssota zeus''
(Jonas, 1842): synonym of ''
Lamarckiella zeus''
(Jonas, 1843) (superseded combination)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.
External links
Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp.Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i–xviii, 1–359. Leipzig: Engelman
Chronidae
Gastropod genera
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