Acicula is a genus of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Aciculidae.[2]

Acicula
Acicula parcelineata shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Aciculidae
Genus: Acicula
Hartmann, 1821[1]
Type species
Bulimus lineatus Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
  • Acicula (Acicula) Hartmann, 1821 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Acme Hartmann, 1821 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by Opinion 344; objective synonym of Acicula Hartmann, 1821)
  • Acme (Acicula) W. Hartmann, 1821 (Acme is invalid)
  • Acme (Acme) W. Hartmann, 1821 · unaccepted (invalid)
  • Acmea W. Hartmann, 1821 unavailable name (Invalid: Suppressed for the purposes of the Law of Priority by Opinion 344, 1955, Opinions and Declarations rendered by the ICZN, 10(11): 315)
  • Pupula Charpentier, 1837 (junior synonym)
  • Truncatella (Pupula) Charpentier, 1837

Species edit

Species within the genus Acicula include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Acicula bakanense Steklov, 1966: synonym of † Acicula parcelineata (Clessin, 1911) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acicula callosa O. Boettger, 1870: synonym of † Platyla callosa (O. Boettger, 1870) (superseded combination)
  • Acicula (Acicula) irenae Schlickum, 1978: synonym of † Acicula edlaueri Schlickum, 1970
  • Acicula lusitanica D. T. Holyoak & Seddon, 1985: synonym of Platyla lusitanica (D. T. Holyoak & Seddon, 1985) (original name)
  • Acicula munzingerii (Jickeli, 1873): synonym of Subulina munzingerii (Jickeli, 1873)
  • Acicula nekhaevi Schikov & Palatov, 2022 (interim unpublished, the original description is not Code compliant)
  • Acicula spectabilis (Rossmässler, 1839): synonym of Renea spectabilis (Rossmässler, 1839) (unaccepted combination)
Nomen nudum
  • Acicula pseudocylichna De Stefani, 1880

References edit

  1. ^ Hartmann W. 1821. System der Erd- und Flußschnecken der Schweiz. Mit vergleichender Aufzählung aller auch in den benachbarten Ländern, Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien sich vorfindenden Arten. Neue Alpina 1: 194-268, Tab I-II [= 1-2]. Winterthur.
  2. ^ Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Acicula W. Hartmann, 1821. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866691 on 2017-06-18
  3. ^ Species in genus Acicula. AnimalBase, accessed 29 December 2008.
  • Hartmann, J. D. W. (1821). System der Erd- und Süßwasser Gasteropoden Europa's. In besonderer Hinsicht auf diejenigen Gattungen, welche in Deutschland und der Schweiz angetroffen werden. In: J. Sturm (ed.) Deutschlands Fauna in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. VI. Abtheilung. Die Würmer. 5. Heft. 60 pp., pl. 1-3
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

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