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Genus of gastropods
Pyramidula is a
genus of very small, air-breathing
land snails ,
terrestrial
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusks or
micromollusks in the family
Pyramidulidae .
[2]
Pyramidula is the
type genus of the family Pyramidulidae.
Species
The
type species in the genus Pyramidula is
Pyramidula rupestris .
Species in the genus Pyramidula include:
Pyramidula cephalonica (Westerlund, 1898) ,
Balkans
[3]
Pyramidula chorismenostoma (Westerlund & Blanc, 1879) ,
Balkans
[3]
Pyramidula conica Pilsbry & Hirase, 1902 ,
Japan
[4]
Pyramidula euomphalus (Blanford, 1861) ,
India
[4]
Pyramidula gracilitesta van Benthem Jutting, 1959
Pyramidula halyi (Jousseaume, 1894) ,
Sri Lanka
[4]
Pyramidula humilis (Hutton, 1838) ,
India
[4]
Pyramidula jaenensis (Clessin, 1882) ,
Iberian peninsula
[3]
Pyramidula javana (Möllendorff, 1897)
Pyramidula kobayashii Kuroda & Hukuda, 1944
Pyramidula kuznetsovi Schileyko & Balashov, 2012 ,
Nepal
[4]
Pyramidula micra Pilsbry, 1927
Pyramidula przevalskii Lindholm 1922 , northwest
China
[5]
Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot, 1801) ,
Europe
[3]
[5] and
Asia
[5]
Pyramidula rupestris (
Draparnaud , 1801) ,
Mediterranea
[3] and maybe south of
Central Asia
[5]
Pyramidula saxatilis (Hartmann, 1842)
†
Pyramidula shantungensis Yen, 1969
Synonyms
Pyramidula alternata (Say, 1817) : synonym of
Anguispira alternata (Say, 1817) (unaccepted combination)
† Pyramidula antonini (Michaud, 1862) : synonym of †
Acanthinula antonini (Michaud, 1862)
Pyramidula asteriscus (Morse, 1857) : synonym of
Planogyra asteriscus (Morse, 1857) (unaccepted combination)
Pyramidula cockerelli Pilsbry, 1898 : synonym of
Discus shimekii (Pilsbry, 1890) (junior synonym)
Pyramidula elrodi Pilsbry, 1900 : synonym of
Oreohelix elrodi (Pilsbry, 1900) (original combination)
Pyramidula laosensis Saurin, 1953 : synonym of
Krobylos laosensis (Saurin, 1953) (original combination)
† Pyramidula lecontei Stearns, 1902 : synonym of †
Discus lecontei (Stearns, 1902) (new combination)
Pyramidula mamillata Andreae, 1904 †: synonym of
Pleurodiscoides mamillatus (Andreae, 1904) † (new combination)
Pyramidula patagonica Suter, 1900 : synonym of
Radiodiscus patagonicus (Suter, 1900)
Pyramidula pauper (A. Gould, 1859) : synonym of
Discus pauper (A. Gould, 1859) (unaccepted combination)
Pyramidula perspectiva (Say, 1817) : synonym of
Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1832) (junior homonym of Helix perspectiva Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816; synonym)
Pyramidula picta G. H. Clapp, 1920 : synonym of
Anguispira picta (G. H. Clapp, 1920)
† Pyramidula ralstonensis Cockerell, 1914 : synonym of †
Discus ralstonensis (Cockerell, 1914) (new combination)
Pyramidula randolphii Dall, 1895 : synonym of
Punctum randolphii (Dall, 1895) (original combination)
† Pyramidula recurrecta (Oppenheim, 1890) : synonym of †
Pfefferiola recurrecta (Oppenheim, 1890)
Pyramidula striatella (J. G. Anthony, 1840) : synonym of
Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) (junior synonym)
Pyramidula strigosa (A. Gould, 1846) : synonym of
Oreohelix strigosa (A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
† Pyramidula subteres (Clessin, 1877) : synonym of †
Lucilla subteres (Clessin, 1877)
Pyramidula umbilicata (Montague, 1803) ,
Iberian peninsula and
British Isles :
[3] synonym of Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot, 1801) (junior subjective synonym)
References
Further reading
Habe, T. (1956). Anatomical Studies on the Japanese Land Snails (7). Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 19(2): 109-117
Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae) . Basteria 60: 71–78.
External links
Media related to
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