''Ryssota'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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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 inclu ...
gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Chronidae
Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs 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''
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superseded combination
In taxonomy, a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species.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(L. Pfeiffer, 1854) (superseded combination)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''
(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(L. Pfeiffer, 1854) (superseded combination)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''
(Pfeiffer, 1854): synonym of ''
Lamarckiella porphyria''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (superseded combination)
* ''
Ryssota quadrasi''
(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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